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Exam Solution ms




Microbiology Exam #1 (Chapter 1 3 4 5 6) Karteikarten ms ms ms ms ms ms ms ms ms




2026 A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND
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VERIFIED ANSWERS (D64E2)
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QUESTION 1 ms




Begriff
ANSWER

Definition



QUESTION 2 ms




Microbiology
ANSWER

The specialized area of biology that deals with organisms too small to be seen with the naked eye
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QUESTION 3 ms




6 major groups of microorganisms
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ANSWER

1. Bacteria 2. Algae 3. Protozoa 4. Helminths 5. Fungi 6. Viruses
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QUESTION 4 ms




What do microbiologists study?
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ANSWER

- Cell structure - Growth and Physiology - Genetics - Taxonomy and evolutionary history -
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Interactions with living and non living environment
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,QUESTION 5 ms




What are the 6 different branches of study in microbiology?
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ANSWER

1. Medical microbiology 2. Public Health microbiology and Epidemiology 3. Immunology 4. Industrial
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Microbiology 5. Agricultural Microbiology 6. Environmental Microbiology
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QUESTION 6 ms




Medical Microbiology ms




ANSWER

Study of microbes as they relate to medicine, deals with microbes that causes disease in humans an
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d animals
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QUESTION 7 ms




Public Health Microbiology and Epidemiology
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ANSWER

Monitor and control the spread of disease in communities. USPHS, CDC, WHO
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QUESTION 8 ms




Industrial Microbiology ms




ANSWER

- Use of microbes to manufacture important compounds - Safeguards our food and water -
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Also includes biotechnology - Ranges from bread making to gene therapy -
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Microbes can be used to create large quantities of substances such as amino acids, beer, drugs, enz
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ymes, and vitamins
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QUESTION 9 ms




Agricultural Microbiology ms




ANSWER

- Deals with the relationships between microbes and domesticated plants and animals -
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Plant specialists focus on plant diseases, soil fertility, and nutritional interactions -
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Animal specialists work with infectious diseases and other associations animals have with microorg
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anisms



QUESTION 10 ms

,Immunology
ANSWER

Studies a diverse areas such as vaccination, blood testing, and allergy. Immunologists investigate the
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role of the immune system in cancer and autoimmune diseases
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QUESTION 11 ms




Environmental Microbiology ms




ANSWER

Studies the effect of microbes on the earth's diverse habitats. Example-
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aquatic microbiology, soil microbiology, geomicrobiology, and astrobiology
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QUESTION 12 ms




eu-kary means? ms




ANSWER

true nucleus; cells with a nucleus are classified as eukaryotes
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QUESTION 13 ms




Pro-kary means? ms




ANSWER

Pre-
nucleus; bacteria and archaea do not have a nucleus and have been traditionally classified as prokar
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yotes



QUESTION 14 ms




What is a microbe? ms ms ms




ANSWER

A microorganism
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QUESTION 15 ms




How are biology and microbiology different? How are they similar?
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ANSWER

, Biology is concerned with all the different scales of size that microorganisms exist on, but many fiel
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ds on biology are concerned with more complex organisms such as mammals. Microbiology is concer
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ned specifically with smaller, individual organisms. Microbiologists might be concerned with somethi
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ng as big as a bacteria, and they do study systems, such as the immune system, but generally they f
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ocus on smaller individual organisms. They are similar because they both study organisms, just on d
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ifferent scales. ms




QUESTION 16 ms




Bacteria
ANSWER

- Unicellular microorganisms - Some cause human, animal, or plant diseases; others are beneficial. -
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Prokaryotic
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QUESTION 17 ms




Algae
ANSWER

- Unicellular microorganisms - Prokaryotic - Food or water borne - Reproduce Asexually -
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Photosythetic
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QUESTION 18 ms




Protozoa
ANSWER

- Unicellular - Eukaryotic - Live independently or as parasites - Mostly found in soil or water
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QUESTION 19 ms




Helminths
ANSWER

- Multicellular - Eukaryotic - Worms
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QUESTION 20 ms




Fungi/Yeast
ANSWER

- Eukaryotic - Multicellular -
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Protists characterized by the absence of chlorophyll and by the presence of a rigid cell wall
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