Chapter 5: Characteristics of Micro-organisms
Section 5.1 Job Link: Retail Sales Clerk, page 150
What careers require classification skills?
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1441 Administrative Clerks
Documentation or administrative clerks are constantly having to make decisions
about which document goes where. Classification skills are a must.
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1413 Records and File Clerks
Records and file clerks sort material according to particular filing systems.
In a medical office they might classify and code health records and related
information, cross-reference and store health records, and maintain indexes
for classification systems.
Occupations
in Food and Beverage Service (645)
Bartenders maintain an inventory of bar supplies, so must be able to classify
and store their stock.
Section 5.3 Protists, page 162
Euglena
- How do Euglena feed?
- Based on your research, do you think Euglena are more like animals
or more like plants?
Euglena
Anatomy
This diagram, on a school website, might give you some ideas about how Euglena
gets its energy.
Buckman
Laboratories Photomicrographs
Here you can see living Euglena, in a wet mount, through a
microscope.
Euglena
This excellent description, produced by the Academy of Science at St. Louis,
gives lots of information on Euglena.
Euglena's
Home Page
Produced by Johnson County Community College, this page includes microscopic
photographs and movies, as well as a written description.
Section 5.5 Viruses, page 173
Viruses often make us sick. What human diseases do viruses cause?
What
the Heck is a Virus?
For an easy-to-read review of viruses, check out this page written by a
microbiologist at Kansas University in the United States.
Viral
Meningitis
The New York State Department of Health publishes information on many
different diseases, including viral meningitis. Try to find their info on
hand, foot, and mouth disease also.
Microbiological
News and Views
Click on "Congo fever" and "Ebola" on this site of
Microbiology Department at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.
The
Common Cold
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (in Bethesda,
Maryland, U.S.A.) gives lots of information about the virus that affects more
North Americans than any other infectious disease.
Study:
Gulf War Syndrome: viral infection may be linked
CNN publicize a rather spooky discovery: the genetic material of Gulf war
veterans is different from that of the rest of us.
Chapter 6: Micro-organisms and Human Life
Section 6.2 Micro-organisms in Agriculture, page 193
What other ways are there to control the micro-organisms that cause disease
in agriculture?
Controlling
Canola Diseases in Direct Seeding Systems
Canola is a popular crop in Southern Ontario. This Alberta Agriculture, Food
and Rural Development site gives some familiar and some newer suggestions for
avoiding the diseases that can damage canola.
Compost
Teas for Plant Disease Control
Perhaps some tea will make those ailing plants feel better! An Arkansas
organization, Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas, has some novel
ideas for improving plant health.
Preventing
Foot and Mouth Disease in Canada - Basic Biosecurity Principles
The government of Alberta gives farmers some tips on avoiding introducing foot
and mouth disease into their cattle.
Farm
Hygiene for Disease and Weed Control
Although targeted at cotton growers in Australia, this document from the
Cooperative Research Centre gives ideas that could be useful on farms all
around the world.
Section 6.3 Micro-organisms in the Kitchen, page 204
Health Canada provides Canadians with information on the safe handling and
storage of foods. What micro-organisms are most likely to cause problems? What
can you do at home and at work to protect your health and the health of others?
Prepare a point-form summary of the information you find.
Safe
Food Storage
Health Canada gives tips on buying, transporting, and storing food to minimize
the chances of food-related illness.
Canadian
Food Inspection Agency Food Facts
Look under "Causes of Food Borne Illness" and click on Clostridium
botulinum or Salmonella to find out about two of the most familiar causes
of food poisoning - and how to avoid them.
Food
Safety Facts for Kitchen Safety
Here you will find lots of tips on keeping the kitchen clean and
infection-free, courtesy of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Check out the
tips on the left-hand side of the screen, too.
Hamburger
Disease
Barbeque season can be food-poisoning season if you don't take care of your
meat and cook it properly. Here are Health Canada's tips.
Escherichia
coli O157:H7
U.S. Food & Drug Administration Center for Food Safety & Applied
Nutrition gives lots of information on this infamous bacteria - the same one
that caused death and illness in Walkerton in 2000.
Food-borne
Pathogens and Food-borne Illness
This site has many links to others where you can search out information on
food and infections.
