BIO 251 -- Chapter 1 objectives

1. What is microbiology?
2. What are subdiscipilines in the area of microbiology?
3. What organisms are considered microbes?
4. What are the general characteristics of microbes?
5. Know the following scientists and their contribution to microbiology: Antony von Leeuwenhoek, Louis Pasteur, John Tyndall, Joseph Lister, Robert Koch, Paul Ehrlich
6. Understand the scientific method, including the formation, testing and evaluation of hypotheses.
7. Know the taxonomic hierarchy of organisms.
8. Know the meaning of binomial nomenclature, and the structure of a scientific name.
9. What is our current understanding of the evolution of microorganisms?
10. Know the "5 kingdom concept", and microbes found in each group.