BIO 245 KLESATH NCSU EXAM 1 ASSESSMENT
SCRIPT 2026 VERIFIED ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
◉ Mycology.
Answer: study of fungi
◉ bacteriology.
Answer: study of bacteria
◉ virology.
Answer: study of viruses
◉ algology.
Answer: study of algae
◉ protozoology.
Answer: study of protozoa
◉ Robert Hooke.
Answer: • All living organisms are composed of little boxes or "cells"
,• -came up with cell theory - that all microorganisms are made up of
cells
-marked the beginning of the cell theory
◉ Anton van Leeuwenhook.
Answer: • 1st cells observed under the microscope
also made the original electron microscope : 10 mil X
◉ Rebecca Lancefield.
Answer: • came up with the system that help classifying different
microorganisms
• it was all based on different polysaccharides in the cell wall
also helped discover Streptococcus pyognes - which is basically
strep and we know this because pyognes is a pus forming
microorganism
◉ Joseph Lister.
Answer: • discovered phenol: was used to stop surgical would
infections
• usually in hospitals : Staphylococcus aures aka staph infection
at least 20% of population is a carrier for the staph infection and
they carry it in their noses
, ◉ Louis Pasteur.
Answer: • father of microbiology and is the most important scientist
in microbiology
• showed that microbes are responsible for fermentation
• Fermentation: conversion of sugar to alcohol in the absence of air
• Discovered that pasteurization was something that could stop food
spoilage
• Pasteurization: the application of a high heat for a short time to kill
harmful bacteria in beverages
How was he lucky in his discovery of pasteurization?—there we're
no endospores and that would should have been detected during the
search for spontaneous generation but it didn't
◉ Robert Koch.
Answer: Proved that bacterium causes anthrax and provided the
experimental steps of Koch's Postulate
◉ Edward Jenner.
Answer: • Discovered vaccination (or the process of vaccination)
Did it through using cow parts to vaccinate a child to protect against
small pox
◉ Alexander Fleming.
Answer: • Discovered the 1st antibiotic
SCRIPT 2026 VERIFIED ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
◉ Mycology.
Answer: study of fungi
◉ bacteriology.
Answer: study of bacteria
◉ virology.
Answer: study of viruses
◉ algology.
Answer: study of algae
◉ protozoology.
Answer: study of protozoa
◉ Robert Hooke.
Answer: • All living organisms are composed of little boxes or "cells"
,• -came up with cell theory - that all microorganisms are made up of
cells
-marked the beginning of the cell theory
◉ Anton van Leeuwenhook.
Answer: • 1st cells observed under the microscope
also made the original electron microscope : 10 mil X
◉ Rebecca Lancefield.
Answer: • came up with the system that help classifying different
microorganisms
• it was all based on different polysaccharides in the cell wall
also helped discover Streptococcus pyognes - which is basically
strep and we know this because pyognes is a pus forming
microorganism
◉ Joseph Lister.
Answer: • discovered phenol: was used to stop surgical would
infections
• usually in hospitals : Staphylococcus aures aka staph infection
at least 20% of population is a carrier for the staph infection and
they carry it in their noses
, ◉ Louis Pasteur.
Answer: • father of microbiology and is the most important scientist
in microbiology
• showed that microbes are responsible for fermentation
• Fermentation: conversion of sugar to alcohol in the absence of air
• Discovered that pasteurization was something that could stop food
spoilage
• Pasteurization: the application of a high heat for a short time to kill
harmful bacteria in beverages
How was he lucky in his discovery of pasteurization?—there we're
no endospores and that would should have been detected during the
search for spontaneous generation but it didn't
◉ Robert Koch.
Answer: Proved that bacterium causes anthrax and provided the
experimental steps of Koch's Postulate
◉ Edward Jenner.
Answer: • Discovered vaccination (or the process of vaccination)
Did it through using cow parts to vaccinate a child to protect against
small pox
◉ Alexander Fleming.
Answer: • Discovered the 1st antibiotic
