Microbiology Chapter 1

Bacteria, archaea, fungi, protozoa, algae, multicellular animal parasites, and viruses

the study of bacteria

study of fungi

the study of viruses

the study of protozoa and parasitic worms

the study of immunity- vaccines and interferons

the study of how microbes inherit traits

the study of how DNA directs protien synthesis

the study of an organism’s gene; has provided new tools for classifying microorganisms

study of genes from all organisms ina population (biome or microbiome)

DNA made from two different sources (in 1960s Paul Berg inserted animal dna into bacterial dna and the bacteria produced an animal protien)