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BIOS242: EXAM 1 REVIEW Questions
and Answers (100% Correct
Answers) Already Graded A+
Medical Microbiology Ans: Deals with microbes that cause
diseases in humans and animals
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Agricultural Microbiology Ans: Relationships between
microbes and farm animals and crops
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Public Health Microbiology and Epidemiology Ans: Monitor
and control the spread of diseases in communities
Immunology Ans: Investigates protective substances and
cells produced in response to infection
Industrial Microbiology Ans: - safeguards our food and water
- biotechnology
- microbes used to create amino acids, beer, drugs, enzymes,
and vitamins
Environmental Microbiology Ans: Effect of microbes on the
earth's diverse habitats (aquatic, soil, geomicrobiology,
astrobiology)
Louie Pasteur Ans: •Invented pasteurization
•Developed the germ theory of disease
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•Eventually develops a vaccine for rabies
Robert Hooke Ans: First observed microbes
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Ans: Made small, crude
microscope to examine fabric. Drew "animalcules" from
rainwater and scraped from his teeth
Robert Koch Ans: Developed postulates to link a specific
organism to a specific disease
© 2026 Assignment
John Needham Ans: Attempted to disprove Spontaneous
Generation but failed. Did not realize that boiling did not kill
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all organisms
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John Tyndall Ans: Demonstrated that some microbes in the
dust and air have very high heat resistance.
Something stronger than boiling was needed to destroy these
microbes
Joseph Lister Ans: •First to utilize handwashing and misting
operating rooms with antiseptic chemicals
•Credited with developing ASEPTIC technique
Oliver Wendell Holmes Ans: Observed that mothers who gave
birth at home experienced fewer infections than mothers who
gave birth at the hospital
Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis Ans: Showed that women became
infected in the maternity ward after examinations by
physicians who had been working in the autopsy rooms
without washing their hands
BIOS242: EXAM 1 REVIEW Questions
and Answers (100% Correct
Answers) Already Graded A+
Medical Microbiology Ans: Deals with microbes that cause
diseases in humans and animals
© 2026 Assignment
Agricultural Microbiology Ans: Relationships between
microbes and farm animals and crops
Guru01 - Stuvia
Expert
Public Health Microbiology and Epidemiology Ans: Monitor
and control the spread of diseases in communities
Immunology Ans: Investigates protective substances and
cells produced in response to infection
Industrial Microbiology Ans: - safeguards our food and water
- biotechnology
- microbes used to create amino acids, beer, drugs, enzymes,
and vitamins
Environmental Microbiology Ans: Effect of microbes on the
earth's diverse habitats (aquatic, soil, geomicrobiology,
astrobiology)
Louie Pasteur Ans: •Invented pasteurization
•Developed the germ theory of disease
, 2
•Eventually develops a vaccine for rabies
Robert Hooke Ans: First observed microbes
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Ans: Made small, crude
microscope to examine fabric. Drew "animalcules" from
rainwater and scraped from his teeth
Robert Koch Ans: Developed postulates to link a specific
organism to a specific disease
© 2026 Assignment
John Needham Ans: Attempted to disprove Spontaneous
Generation but failed. Did not realize that boiling did not kill
Guru01 - Stuvia
all organisms
Expert
John Tyndall Ans: Demonstrated that some microbes in the
dust and air have very high heat resistance.
Something stronger than boiling was needed to destroy these
microbes
Joseph Lister Ans: •First to utilize handwashing and misting
operating rooms with antiseptic chemicals
•Credited with developing ASEPTIC technique
Oliver Wendell Holmes Ans: Observed that mothers who gave
birth at home experienced fewer infections than mothers who
gave birth at the hospital
Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis Ans: Showed that women became
infected in the maternity ward after examinations by
physicians who had been working in the autopsy rooms
without washing their hands
