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1. Describe how we define a microbe, and explain why the definition is a challenge.
2. Describe the three major domains of life: Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya. Explain what the three domains have in common and how they differ.
3. Define viruses, and explain how they relate to living cells.
4. Explain how microbial diseases have changed human history.
5. Describe how microbes can be harmful and helpful to humans and the environment (1.4)l.
6. Define the germ theory of disease.
7. Explain how Florence Nightingale first drew a statistical correlation between infectious disease and human mortality.
8. Explain how Koch's postulates can show that a specific kind of microbe causes a disease.
9. Explain the significance of DNA for determining the traits of life.
10. Describe how the manipulation of DNA information has transformed the practice of medicine.