WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF MICRONS
ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOK IS THE FOUNDER OF MICROBIOLOGY
RECENTLY ,MICROBIOLOGY BEEN A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO RISE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
microbiology is the study of microorganism ,those being unicellular ,multicellular , acellular . microbiology encompasses numerous sub discipline including
- virology
- bacteriology
- protistology
- mycology
- immunology
- parasitology
microbiology is the study of all living organism that are too small to be visible with naked eye . microbiologist study microbes and some of the most important discoveries that have under pinned modern society have resulted from research of famous microbiologist
- JENNER- vaccine of small pox
- FLEMING- discovery of penicillin
- ZUR-HAUSEN – identified link between papiloma virus and cervical cancer
the feild is concerned with the structure function and classification of such organism and with ways of both exploiting and controlling their activity
SCOPE OF MICROBIOLOGY
microbiology has an impact on the following
- medicine
- agriculture
- food science
- ecology
- genetics
- biochemistry
- immunology
many microbiologist are primarily interested in the biology of microorganism while other focus on specific groups
- VIROLOGISTS -virus
- BACTERIOLOGIST-bacteria
- PHYCOLOGIST- algae
- MYCOLOGIST- FUNGI
- PROTOZOOLOGIST- protozoa
TYPE OF MICROBIOLOGY
THEORETICAL OR PURE MICROBIOLOGY
PRACTICAL OR APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
THEORETICAL ( PURE ) MICROBIOLOGY
- study of occurence
- forms
- structure
- classification
- physiology
- reproduction’
- heredity
- variation and evolution of microbe
Bacteriology- study of bacteria
Mycology – study of fungi
Protozoology – study of protozoa
Phycology- study of algae
Parasitology- study of parasite
immunology- study of immune system
virology -study of virus
nematology- study of nematode
microbial cytology- study of microscopic and sub microscopic details of microorganism
microbial ecology- relationship between microorganism and their environment
microbial genetics
cellular microbiology- discipline bridging microbiology and cell biology
evolutionary microbiology- study of evolution of microbe this feild can be subdivided into
- microbial taxonomy -naming and classification of microorganism
- microbial systematics-study of the diversity and genetic relationship of microorganism
generation microbiology- the study of those microorganism that have the same character as their parents
system microbiology- a discipline bridging systems biology and microbiology
molecular microbiology- study of molecular principles of physiological process of physiological process in microorganism
phylogeny-the study of genetic relationship between different organism
Astro microbiology -study of microorganism in outer space
nano microbiology-the study of those organism on nano level
APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
exploitation of beneficial microbes
control the activity of harmful microbes
TYPES OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
- MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY -study of role of microbe in human and animal disease
- AGRICULTURE MICROBIOLOGY -role of microbe in plant disease ,soil fertility and spoilage of agricultural product
- INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY- utilisation of microbe for the production of alcoholic beverages,antibiotics,amino acid ,citric acid etc
- FOOD MICROBIOLOGY- role of microbe in food spoilage, their prevention and to increase the shelf life of various food products , production of cheese butter , fermented milk etc
HISTORY OF MICROBIOLOGY
- microbes are discovered in late 17th century
- 1st observed by ANTON VAN LEEUWENHOEK ( father of microbiology)
- a dutch draper
- Anton van leeuwenenhoek -he considered microbes as curiosities of nature
BOOKS RELATED TO MICROBIOLOGY
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