Microorganisms /
A microorganism (from the Greek: juxpóc, mikrós, "small" and ópyavioμóc, organismós, "organism"; also spelled micro-organism, micro organism or microorganism) or microbe is an organism that is unicellular or lives in a colony of cellular organisms. The study of microorganisms is...
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| description | A microorganism (from the Greek: juxpóc, mikrós, "small" and ópyavioμóc, organismós, "organism"; also spelled micro-organism, micro organism or microorganism) or microbe is an organism that is unicellular or lives in a colony of cellular organisms. The study of microorganisms is called microbiology, a subject that began with Anton van Leeuwenhoek's discovery of microorganisms in 1675, using a microscope of his own design. Microorganisms are very diverse; they include bacteria, fungi, archaea, and protists; microscopic plants (green algae); and animals such as plankton and the planarian, Some microbiologists also include viruses, but others consider these as non-living. Most microorganisms are unicellular (single-celled), but this is not universal, since some multicellular organisms are microscopic, while some unicellular protists and bacteria, like Thiomargarita namibiensis, are macroscopic and visible to the naked eye. Microorganisms live in all parts of the biosphere where there is liquid water, including soil, hot springs, on the ocean floor, high in the atmosphere and deep inside rocks within the Earth's crust. Microorganisms are critical to nutrient recycling in ecosystems as they act as decomposers. As some microorganisms can fix nitrogen, they are a vital part of the precipitation and weather nitrogen cycle, and recent studies indicate that airborne microbes may play a role in. Microbes are also exploited by people in biotechnology, both in traditional food and beverage preparation, and in modern technologies based on genetic engineering. However, pathogenic microbes are harmful, since they invade and grow within other organisms, causing diseases that kill people, other animals and plants. |
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| spelling | KOHA-OAI-TEST:5972542023-11-27T01:45:03ZMicroorganisms / Pendergrass, Stephanie, author 648837 software, multimedia Electronic books 631902 Delhi, India : Research World,2012©2012engA microorganism (from the Greek: juxpóc, mikrós, "small" and ópyavioμóc, organismós, "organism"; also spelled micro-organism, micro organism or microorganism) or microbe is an organism that is unicellular or lives in a colony of cellular organisms. The study of microorganisms is called microbiology, a subject that began with Anton van Leeuwenhoek's discovery of microorganisms in 1675, using a microscope of his own design. Microorganisms are very diverse; they include bacteria, fungi, archaea, and protists; microscopic plants (green algae); and animals such as plankton and the planarian, Some microbiologists also include viruses, but others consider these as non-living. Most microorganisms are unicellular (single-celled), but this is not universal, since some multicellular organisms are microscopic, while some unicellular protists and bacteria, like Thiomargarita namibiensis, are macroscopic and visible to the naked eye. Microorganisms live in all parts of the biosphere where there is liquid water, including soil, hot springs, on the ocean floor, high in the atmosphere and deep inside rocks within the Earth's crust. Microorganisms are critical to nutrient recycling in ecosystems as they act as decomposers. As some microorganisms can fix nitrogen, they are a vital part of the precipitation and weather nitrogen cycle, and recent studies indicate that airborne microbes may play a role in. Microbes are also exploited by people in biotechnology, both in traditional food and beverage preparation, and in modern technologies based on genetic engineering. However, pathogenic microbes are harmful, since they invade and grow within other organisms, causing diseases that kill people, other animals and plants.Chapter 1. Microorganism -- Chapter 2. Prokaryote -- Chapter 3. Bacteria -- Chapter 4. Archaea -- Chapter 5. Eukaryote -- Chapter 6. Protist -- Chapter 7. Fungus.A microorganism (from the Greek: juxpóc, mikrós, "small" and ópyavioμóc, organismós, "organism"; also spelled micro-organism, micro organism or microorganism) or microbe is an organism that is unicellular or lives in a colony of cellular organisms. The study of microorganisms is called microbiology, a subject that began with Anton van Leeuwenhoek's discovery of microorganisms in 1675, using a microscope of his own design. Microorganisms are very diverse; they include bacteria, fungi, archaea, and protists; microscopic plants (green algae); and animals such as plankton and the planarian, Some microbiologists also include viruses, but others consider these as non-living. Most microorganisms are unicellular (single-celled), but this is not universal, since some multicellular organisms are microscopic, while some unicellular protists and bacteria, like Thiomargarita namibiensis, are macroscopic and visible to the naked eye. Microorganisms live in all parts of the biosphere where there is liquid water, including soil, hot springs, on the ocean floor, high in the atmosphere and deep inside rocks within the Earth's crust. Microorganisms are critical to nutrient recycling in ecosystems as they act as decomposers. As some microorganisms can fix nitrogen, they are a vital part of the precipitation and weather nitrogen cycle, and recent studies indicate that airborne microbes may play a role in. Microbes are also exploited by people in biotechnology, both in traditional food and beverage preparation, and in modern technologies based on genetic engineering. However, pathogenic microbes are harmful, since they invade and grow within other organisms, causing diseases that kill people, other animals and plants.Microorganismshttp://repository.library.utm.my/id/eprint/3962URN:ISBN:9788132332008Remote access restricted to users with a valid UTM ID via VPN. |
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