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Ch. 1 - Introduction to Microbiology
Ch. 2 - Disproving Spontaneous Generation
Ch. 3 - Chemical Principles of Microbiology
Ch. 4 - Water
Ch. 5 - Molecules of Microbiology
Ch. 6 - Cell Membrane & Transport
Ch. 7 - Prokaryotic Cell Structures & Functions
Ch. 8 - Eukaryotic Cell Structures & Functions
Ch. 9 - Microscopes
Ch. 10 - Dynamics of Microbial Growth
Ch. 11 - Controlling Microbial Growth
Ch. 12 - Microbial Metabolism
Ch. 13 - Photosynthesis
Ch. 15 - DNA Replication
Ch. 16 - Central Dogma & Gene Regulation
Ch. 17 - Microbial Genetics
Ch. 18 - Biotechnology
Ch. 21 - Viruses, Viroids, & Prions
Ch. 22 - Innate Immunity
Ch. 23 - Adaptive Immunity
Ch. 24 - Principles of Disease
Sections
Introduction to Microbiology
Introduction to Taxonomy
Scientific Naming of Organisms
Members of the Bacterial World
Introduction to Bacteria
Introduction to Archaea
Introduction to Eukarya
Acellular Infectious Agents: Viruses, Viroids & Prions
Importance of Microorganisms
Scientific Method
Experimental Design 

Concept #1: Acellular Infectious Agents: Viruses, Viroids & Prions

Concept #2: Viruses

Practice: Viruses:

Concept #3: Viroids

Concept #4: Prions

Practice: This type of acellular infectious agent is only known to infect plants and is a small, circular, single-stranded nucleic acid molecule.

Practice: An infectious protein is known to cause neurodegenerative diseases in humans such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (“mad cow disease”). This type of acellular infectious agent is known as a _________.

Practice: Which of the following statements about acellular infectious agents is FALSE?