IntroductiontoMicrobiology1
WhatistheuniquefeaturesofMicroorganisms
1Smallsize,SimplestructureAntoniVanLeeuwenhock:Thewordmicroorganismisusedtodescribeanorganismthatissosmallthat,normally,itcannotbeseenwithoutuseofmicroscopy
ThelivingorganismsofmicroscopicsizeMostmicroorganismsareunicellularSomeofthemarenon-cellularstructure1
2Highdiversityspecies
Bacteria(actinomyce,algae,cyanobacteria)archaeafungi(yeast,mold)protozoaviruse1
3Widelydistributedinvariousenvironmentwithlargenumberssoil
109CFU/gwaterairplants,animals,humanbodyextremeenvironment,e
hotsprings1
4Fastgrowing,easycultivationgenerationtime,min
5Easymutation2
Theplaceofmicroorganismsinthelivingworld2
1whittaker’sfivekingdomconcept(1969)KingdomplantaeKingdomanimaliaKingdomfungiKingdomprotistaKingdommoneraThisclassifications