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1)The multidisciplinary science of microorganisms. The prefix micro generally refers to an object sufficiently small that a microscope is required for visualization. In the seventeenth century, Anton van Leeuwenhoek first documented observations of bacteria by using finely ground lenses. Bacteriology, as a precursor science to microbiology, was based on Louis Pasteur's pioneering studies in the nineteenth century, when it was demonstrated that microbes as minute simple living organisms were an integral part of the biosphere involved in fermentation and disease. Microbiology matured into a scientific discipline when students of Pasteur, Robert Koch, and others sustained microbes on various organic substrates and determined that microbes caused chemical changes in the basal nutrients to derive energy for growth. Modern microbiology continued to evolve from bacteriology by encompassing the identification, classification, and study of the structure and function of a wide range of microorganisms including protozoa, algae, fungi, viruses, rickettsia, and parasites as well as bacteria. The comprehensive range of organisms is reflected in the major subdivisions of microbiology, which include medical, industrial, agricultural, food, and dairy
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2)Microbiology is the study of organisms beyond the scope of human vision, particularly bacteria, viruses, algae, fungi, and protozoa. Since its founding in the nineteenth century, the science has largely focused on the isolation, identification, and elimination of pathogens from humans, animals, plants, food, and drinking water. Microbiologists have also examined nonpathogenic forms, seeking to understand their structure, function, and classification in order to control or exploit their activities.
2007-01-20 04:40:40
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answer #1
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answered by lee 2
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the word micro means very minute/ cannot be seen with our normal eyes and biology deals with lower forms of animals and plants and so u can get an idea of what ur speaking about, that means unicellular organisms in both plants animals, bacteria survives in living organism and viruses are able to survive in both conditions that they are inactive in dead organism but active in living form , so based on this their cellstructure are adapted and u have to give a detailed account of the information which u can get it in microbiology books in a library, so i hope this is enough t o follow.
2007-01-19 23:31:50
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answer #2
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answered by Anonymous
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