MICR-ORGANIMS STRUCTURE
Virus
TYPE OF CELL
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Kingdom
Monera(Bacteria)
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Kingdom Fungi
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METHOD OF
FEEDING
Acellular (No
cells)
Living & Nonliving features
Requires a
Host to be
active
Unicellular
(One-cell)
Prokaryote
(No true
nucleus, no
membrane
bound
organelles).
Reproduce by
Binary
fission
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Multicellular
Eukaryotic (True
nucleus)
Reproduce by
spores
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DISEASES CAUSED
HIV
Host: Human (CD4)
Pathogen: HIV
Environment: Bodily fluids
Heterotrophic
(Can not make
their own but
depend on
other
organism for
food.
Parasitic
Bacteria (TB)
Mutualist
bacteria (E.
coli)
Heterotrophic
Parasitic
(Athlete’s
foot)
Saprotrophic
(obtain food
from dead
remains)
Tuberculosis
Host: Humans
Pathogen: Mycobacterium
tuberculosis
Environment: Air/mucous
in lungs
RINGWORM
Host: Human
Pathogen: Tinea fungi
Environment: warm,
moist
ECOLOGICAL,
ECONOMICAL
IMPORTANCE
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Kingdom Protist
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unicellular or
multicellular
eukaryotic
organisms
can reproduce
both sexually
and asexually
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autotrophic or
heterotrophic
Malaria
Host: Human and Female
Anopheles mosquito
Pathogen: Plasmodium
Environment: Stagnant
water, liver and RBCs
• Immunity - Immunity refers to the way in which a plant or animal can fight an infection.
Immunity
Before infection
PASSIVE IMMUNITY
Natural – antibodies transmitted
from mother to baby (via mothers’
milk)
After infection
ACTIVE IMMUNITY
Antibodies made after exposure to an infection.
Artificial – Antibodies made after getting a vaccination.