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Microbiology (2420) Exam 1 Karteikarten 2026 A+ GR ms ms ms ms ms ms ms




ADE ASSURED COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED A
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NSWERS (59BAF) ms




QUESTION 1 ms




what are microbes?
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ANSWER

microorganisms; living things that are too small to be seen with the naked eye
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QUESTION 2 ms




explain cell theory ms ms




ANSWER

cells are the basic unit of all organisms; developed by Robert Hooke
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QUESTION 3 ms




what is biogenesis?
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ANSWER

the idea that living things come from other living things
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QUESTION 4 ms




who developed the concept of biogenesis?
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ANSWER

Rudolf Virchow -- although he didn't actually have proof
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, QUESTION 5 ms




who developed the idea of aseptic technique?
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ANSWER

Joseph Lister ms




QUESTION 6 ms




who first tried to disprove spontaneous generation?
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ANSWER

Franceso Redi -- experiment with decaying meat and maggots
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QUESTION 7 ms




who attempted to rekindle the idea of spontaneous generation?
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ANSWER

John Needham -- used chicken broth is flasks, but let the broth cool before sealing --
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therefore letting in microbes
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QUESTION 8 ms




who finally disproved the idea of spontaneous generation?
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ANSWER

Lazzaro Spallanzani -- ms ms



reconstructed needham's experiment but this time transferring boiling chicken broth and capped rig
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ht away
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QUESTION 9 ms




who is the father of microbiology?
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ANSWER

Louis Pasteur ms




QUESTION 10 ms




what did Louis Pasteur contribute to microbiology?
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ANSWER

idea of fermentation and development of pasteurization
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