Microbiota

Last friday, I learnt about the normal microbiota. Microbes are not just cause disease because some of them are beneficial microbes! They can produce food, recycling waste, can be used in genetic engineering (DNA recombinant technique) and also involved in the production of antibiotics.

The scope of microbiology are bacteria, virus, archaea, fungi, protozoa and algae. The applications in microbiology are immunology, genetic engineering, food microbiology, bioremediation, medical microbiology and agricultural microbiology. Do you know what is the scientific name for E. coli? It is Escherichia coli! E. coli can be classified into 5 major groups.

The most virulent E. coli is Escherichia coli O157:H7. Oh ya, do you know what type of microbes that can cause diarrhea? It is Giardia Lamblia! Its just like an alien hahahahaha! Then, Whittaker's System. Monera → Protista → Fungi → Plantae → Animalia :) Dr Wan said, we have to use cherry berry instead of cirit-birit! Hahaha. Teacher Fazlini from my matrics also said the same.

Last but not least! We have to be in group, adopt a microbe and create a video regarding that particular microbe. It sounds really interesting! I cant wait! By the way, I really love Dr. Wan's teaching style. Even though she is a lecturer and also a researcher, she's always happy in her class! Very sporting and we are not boring at all! :D

**Dr. Wan Zuhainis asked us to write some words that we remember from the lecture on that day and also the muddiest point (parts that we don't understand at all). Its called '2 Minutes Paper'. Sorry I missed that part on my previous post!