Question

What concepts are learned in Microbiology that are observed in a health care setting, and to understand real-life application of microbiology.

Answer 1

INRODUCTION

Microbiolgy is a scientific study of microorganism. it helps in the identification, isolation , diagnosis and treatment of pathogenic microorganism and also produces beneficial organism such as yeasts and some antibiotics.  father of microbiology and considered the first microbiologist, Mr van Leeuwenhoek was the first scientist to observe and describe microorganisms.

Microrganism are the dominant life forms of earth, are found in almost every conceivable envioronment , and are the essential to sustaining life on this planet there are five basic groups of microorganism which include bacteria, fungi,biruses, protoza and algae

DEFINITION

• Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, which are unicellullar or cell cluster microscopic organisms
• It is a branch of science that deals with microorganisms

CONCEPTS

objectives

• To know what is microbiology
• How much importance of microbiology knwledge in our life
• Why need to know about microbiology
• What type of disease can occur in our body
• What is the role of phamaceutical microbiology
• How can we prevent from the diseases

Two main thems invoved in microbiology

Basic : cellular process

Applied : concerning agricultre idustry and health

Importance in health care setting

Health care providers and laboratory specialist have the task of figuring out what type of organism causes disease

• this is the only way we can have specific and effective treatment
• choosing the wrong treatment can allow the disease to get worse, and also contributes to the growing problem of antibiotic resistant organisms

Application of microbiology

applied microbiology is a scientific discipine that deals with the application of microorganism and the knowledge about them. application include biotecnology, agriculture, medicine, food microbiology and bioremediati