Microbiology

Microbiology

The study of microscopic organisms including unicellular (single cell), multicellular (cell colony), and acellular (lacking cells). Microbiology encompasses a number of sub-disciplines including virology, mycology, parasitology, and bacteriology.

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heterotroph

Biology; Microbiology

An organism that uses reduced, preformed organic molecules as its principal carbon source.

facultative anaerobes

Biology; Microbiology

Microorganisms that do not require oxygen for growth, but do grow better in its presence.

photoorganotrophic heterotrophs

Biology; Microbiology

Microorganisms that use light energy and organic electron donors, and also employ simple organic molecules rather than CO2 as their carbon source.

phototrophs

Biology; Microbiology

Organisms that use light as their energy source.

photolithotrophic autotrophs

Biology; Microbiology

Organisms that use light energy, an inorganic electron source (e.g., H2O, H2, H2S), and CO2 as a carbon source.

organotrophs

Biology; Microbiology

Organisms that use reduced organic compounds as their electron source.

microarray technology

Biology; Microbiology

Profiling of gene expression by measuring binding of RNA from growing cells to an array of function-specific oligonucleotides attached to an inert surface.