Microbiology The Big Picture Microbiology Prehistory Society Industrial

Microbiology The Big Picture

Microbiology Prehistory Society Industrial Modern Post-Modern What: Homo sapiens Agriculture Fossil Fuels Machines Computers Digital Communication When: From To 100, 00050, 000 years ago 13, 000 -8, 000 B. C. 1800 -1950 A. D. 1950 -2000 A. D. 2000 -? A. D. Africa Mediterranean Middle East Europe Where: Evolution United States Global

Prehistory Humans lived in small clans and were nomadic hunter/gatherers. Humans lived outdoors and considered themselves a part of nature. Humans migrated from Africa to Mediterranean, Asia, Europe and then the Americas.

Society Farming and Domestication of Livestock. Social classes: Privileged, Middle and Poor. Man tried to control nature, lived indoors. Development of written language (2000 B. C. ), Art & Science. Building of houses and communities. Money. War, famine, disease & epidemics.

Industrial Development of Fossil Fuels, Mechanization, Gunpowder and Preservatives. Unit 1 Industrialized War, Pollution & Pandemics Mid 1600’s Invention of the Microscope Protozoa, Microscopic Fungi, Animal Cells, Plant Cells & Cell Division 1838 Cell Theory 1880 Bacteria & Germ Theory: Sanitation in Medicine, Water & Sewage. Pasteurization & Vaccines.

Modern Development of Computers, Green Revolution, Pharmaceuticals & Fast Food. Germ Warfare, Allergies, Obesity, Immune Disorders & Cancer Treatment Antibiotics 1930’s Immunization 1950’s Genetics Endosymbiotic Theory Antibiotic Resistance Immunodeficiency Autoimmune Diseases Diabetes Heart Disease Celiac-Gluten Biotechnology GMO’s Unit 2 Unit 3 Viruses Spanish Influenza HIV/AIDS 1980’s, HPV Cancer Immunoglobulins Unit 4

Post-Modern The human body is still adapted for prehistoric life. Microbes evolve much more rapidly. Microbes are essential to health of individual organisms especially the digestive, immune & nervous systems and the environment. Unit 5 Epigenetics Gene therapy Transgenic Organisms CRISPR Organic Food Gut Flora-diet & health Humans can use microbes to cure food/dietary/health problems, genetic disorders, immune disorders, reduce emissions, clean pollution and produce energy. Prions Fecal Transplant Virotherapy Environmental Microbiology Industrial Microbiology