1. Ester linkages
Eukarya
Bacteria
Ether linkages
Archaea
Isoprene

7. Figure: 01-07a
Caption:
Death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in the United States: Infectious diseases were the leading causes of death in 1900, whereas today they are much less important. Microbial diseases are shown in red, nonmicrobial diseases in green. Data from the United States National Center for Health Statistics.

8. Figure: 01-07b
Caption:
Death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in the United States: Infectious diseases were the leading causes of death in 1900, whereas today they are much less important. Microbial diseases are shown in red, nonmicrobial diseases in green. Data from the United States National Center for Health Statistics.

9. History of Microbiology
1664: Robert Hooke - microscope
1684: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek - microorganisms
1798: Edward Jenner - smallpox vaccination
1864: Louis Pasteur - spontaneous generation
1884: Robert Koch - Koch’s postulates
1889: Martinus Beijerink - concept of virus
1929: Alexander Fleming - discovery of penicillin
1977: Carl Woese - discovery of Archaea
1981: First reports of AIDS
1983: Luc Montagnier - discovery of HIV
1995: Craig Venter - complete genome sequence