Microbiology 3407 Exam 1 | Questions & Complete Solutions | Study Guide

MICROBIOLOGY 3407 EXAM 1
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS.
Acidophiles - correct answer - organelles that
grow best in acidic habitats


Actinobacteria - correct answer - bacteria phyla
containing high GC gram positive bacteria


Aerobic Microbes - correct answer - Microbes that
can live only in the presence of oxygen


Affect Chytridiomycosis has on amphibians -
correct answer - prevents respiration


Age if the Earth - correct answer - 4.6 BYA


Age of Microbes - correct answer - 3.8-4.6 BYA


Age of Plants and Animals - correct answer - 0.5
BYA

,Alkaliphiles - correct answer - organisms that live
above pH 8.5


Amino Acids - correct answer - make up proteins


Anaerobic microbes - correct answer - Microbes
that grow best in the absence of oxygen


Antoni Van Leeuwenhook - correct answer - first
to see bacteria using a microscope


Archaea - correct answer - single celled (1-10
microns) 5 phyla (2 confirmed) mostly extreme
environments


AUG - correct answer - Start codon


Autotroph - correct answer - microbes that need
and create inorganic carbon

, Bacillus (bacilli) - correct answer - rod shaped
bacteria


Bacteria - correct answer - single celled (1-10
microns) 30 major phyla


Bacteriodetes - correct answer - bacteria phyla
containing Gram negative nonsporulating bacteria
that cannot be cultured


Bidirectional - correct answer - prokaryotic
replication


Binary Fission - correct answer - the process of
cell division in prokaryotes


Bright Field Microscope - correct answer - a
microscope that uses a light source and a stain


C H O N P S - correct answer - Macronutrients