Microbe Mission B/C

[Flavorflav]

My bad - it is the list of diseases I was referring to. You should know something about the microbes that cause them, but the rules aren't very specific on this point.

[ophiophagus]

How much would you think we would have to know about the parts of a cell.
Also what is microbial origin?

It would probably be safe memorizing the cell diagram on the powerpoint in soinc.org (its better than wasting a chunk of your notesheet). Where did you see the term microbial origin? Also, has anyone found any good information on Archaea? What diseases do they cause, how do they interact with humans etc...And do you think we should know famous people/organizations in microbiology? Because in disease detectives, there would always be a tiebreaker about John Snow xD

[frogzorz]

How much would you think we would have to know about the parts of a cell.
Also what is microbial origin?

You should probably have every part of all kinds of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells memorized.
Microbial origin is where they originated...I'm assuming you're talking about the nucleus, mitochondria, and chloroplasts. I think mitochondria used to be separate organisms from a cell because (I think) their internal structure contains DNA similar to a prokaryote. Not really sure tho.
I learned some of this cell biology stuff in 7th grade life science, so I'm not sure if your state mandates that you learn this info in one of your grades...

[AlphaTauri]

Basically the theory is that mitochondria and chloroplasts are descended from ancient prokaryotic cells that formed symbiotic relationships with early eukaryotic cells. Over time, the DNA from the nucleus of the eukaryotic cell "took over" most of the DNA in the mitochondria/chloroplasts. The DNA that these organelles have today are remnants of the early prokaryotic cells' DNA.

Courtesy of my bio textbook (which was published in 2002, so this info may be a bit outdated, FYI).

Found it on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endosymbiotic_theory

[paleonaps]

That sounds about right.

[frenchhornlove]

I feel like this event is really similar to Cell Biology. Right now I'm reading through college microbiology notes, but most of the stuff I already know from regular bio and AP bio, aside from specific microbial diseases. What do you think the hardest thing thing they could put in the event would be?

[personasaurus rex]

i bet the diseases are gonna be a pain in the butt. this is a deja vu to my ID even failures.... haha
what do you think they will ask about the diseases?

[French_Toast]

i bet the diseases are gonna be a pain in the butt. this is a deja vu to my ID even failures.... haha
what do you think they will ask about the diseases?

I would assume knowing information about the organism that causes them, symptoms of the disease, how it's transmitted, and stuff similar to that. It'll be useful to have someone in both this and Disease Detectives, in my opinion. They seem to overlap a lot.

I feel like this event is really similar to Cell Biology. Right now I'm reading through college microbiology notes, but most of the stuff I already know from regular bio and AP bio, aside from specific microbial diseases. What do you think the hardest thing thing they could put in the event would be?

I guess it really just depends on your strengths. I find the microbial diseases to be the easy part, but I struggle more in remembering the basics, such as what certain organelles do. :p

[frogzorz]

I feel like knowing some basic pathology would come in handy here.

Basically the theory is that mitochondria and chloroplasts are descended from ancient prokaryotic cells that formed symbiotic relationships with early eukaryotic cells. Over time, the DNA from the nucleus of the eukaryotic cell "took over" most of the DNA in the mitochondria/chloroplasts. The DNA that these organelles have today are remnants of the early prokaryotic cells' DNA.

Courtesy of my bio textbook (which was published in 2002, so this info may be a bit outdated, FYI).

Found it on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endosymbiotic_theory

ty. Don't think that's too outdated tho. Kinda sounds reasonable imho.

[camkid18]

Anyone knows what this event is actually about?

Microbe Mission is an event where you study things related to microscopes and the microscopic world.