MIC 205A EXAM 1 QUESTIONA & ANSWERS
Unlike the term microorganism, the term microbe also includes - Answers -viruses
Unlike newspapers or blog articles, communications about scientific discoveries in
respected scientific journals include - Answers -a pre-publication review process;
information about the methods used in the experiment
Organisms that populate the human body and protect it from disease are called -
Answers -normal flora
In the name E. coli K12, the part after the species is the ________________
designation - Answers -strain
Characteristics of Archaea that are similar to bacteria include - Answers -energy
sources used, multiplication method, prokaryotic cell structure; shapes
What disease killed one-third of the population of Europe in the 14th century - Answers
-Bubonic Plague
What is a viroid - Answers -a single short piece of RNA that can infect plants
What are the microscopic filaments of molds - Answers -hyphae
What is an example of a single celled fungus - Answers -yeast
What type of diseases are due to organisms "jumping" from a natural animal host to
using humans as a host - Answers -emerging
A bacterium that has a cylindrical shape is called - Answers -rod or bacillus
A bacterium that has a spherical shape is called - Answers -coccus
The cell wall is apart of a bacterium's - Answers -cell envelope
Unlike a stained specimen, living moving organisms can be observed using a
________________ - Answers -wet mount
Modern day bacterial endosymbionts in eukaryotes have similarities to
______________________ - Answers -chloroplasts and mitochondria
The two most common examples of endospore forming genera are - Answers -
Clostridium and Bacillus
Unlike the term microorganism, the term microbe also includes - Answers -viruses
Unlike newspapers or blog articles, communications about scientific discoveries in
respected scientific journals include - Answers -a pre-publication review process;
information about the methods used in the experiment
Organisms that populate the human body and protect it from disease are called -
Answers -normal flora
In the name E. coli K12, the part after the species is the ________________
designation - Answers -strain
Characteristics of Archaea that are similar to bacteria include - Answers -energy
sources used, multiplication method, prokaryotic cell structure; shapes
What disease killed one-third of the population of Europe in the 14th century - Answers
-Bubonic Plague
What is a viroid - Answers -a single short piece of RNA that can infect plants
What are the microscopic filaments of molds - Answers -hyphae
What is an example of a single celled fungus - Answers -yeast
What type of diseases are due to organisms "jumping" from a natural animal host to
using humans as a host - Answers -emerging
A bacterium that has a cylindrical shape is called - Answers -rod or bacillus
A bacterium that has a spherical shape is called - Answers -coccus
The cell wall is apart of a bacterium's - Answers -cell envelope
Unlike a stained specimen, living moving organisms can be observed using a
________________ - Answers -wet mount
Modern day bacterial endosymbionts in eukaryotes have similarities to
______________________ - Answers -chloroplasts and mitochondria
The two most common examples of endospore forming genera are - Answers -
Clostridium and Bacillus
