MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE
●● Phase-contrast Microscope
Answer: One type of microscope that can observe living organisms.
●● Louis Pasteur
Answer: Scientist most responsible for ending the controversy about
spontaneous generation.
●● Fossils of prokaryotes
Answer: 3.5-4 billion years ago.
●● Examples of Microorganisms
Answer: Bacterium, Algae, Fungus (anything you cannot see with the
naked eye).
●● Descending order of the taxonomic categories
Answer: Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species.
,●● Biofilms
Answer: Complex communities of microorganisms on surfaces.
●● Commensalism
Answer: A relationship between organisms in which the waste product
of one provides nutrients for another.
●● Normal flora sites of the body
Answer: Intestine, skin, vagina.
●● Industries that utilize microorganisms
Answer: Chemical, wine, cheese.
●● Prokaryotic cells
Answer: All bacteria. No nucleus or membrane-bound organelles. 70s
ribosomes.
●● Eukaryotic cells
Answer: Contain nucleus and membrane-bound organelles. 80s
ribosomes.
●● Bergley's Manual
Answer: Taxonomic resource for information on bacteria.
,●● Prions
Answer: Proteins implicated in spongiform encephalopathy. They lack
nucleic acids.
●● Bioremediation
Answer: Cleanup of different industrial waste by living organisms.
●● Janssen
Answer: A father and son team that produced a compound microscope
consisting of a simple tube with lenses at each end.
●● Antony van Leeuwenhoek
Answer: First to describe 'animacules'.
●● Stereomicroscopes
Answer: Low-power microscopes designed for observing large objects
(i.e. insects or worms).
●● Molds belong to
Answer: Fungi.
●● Jenner
, Answer: Performed first vaccination against small pox.
●● Linnaeus
Answer: Originally developed the binominal system of nomenclature.
●● Shigellosis
Answer: Caused by contaminated food.
●● Psittacosis
Answer: Disease transmitted via aerosols.
●● Propionibacterium shermanii
Answer: Organism used in the production of cheese.
●● Alexander Fleming
Answer: Discovered antibiotic properties of penicillium.
●● Abiogenesis
Answer: Another term for spontaneous generation.
●● Mutualism
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE
●● Phase-contrast Microscope
Answer: One type of microscope that can observe living organisms.
●● Louis Pasteur
Answer: Scientist most responsible for ending the controversy about
spontaneous generation.
●● Fossils of prokaryotes
Answer: 3.5-4 billion years ago.
●● Examples of Microorganisms
Answer: Bacterium, Algae, Fungus (anything you cannot see with the
naked eye).
●● Descending order of the taxonomic categories
Answer: Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species.
,●● Biofilms
Answer: Complex communities of microorganisms on surfaces.
●● Commensalism
Answer: A relationship between organisms in which the waste product
of one provides nutrients for another.
●● Normal flora sites of the body
Answer: Intestine, skin, vagina.
●● Industries that utilize microorganisms
Answer: Chemical, wine, cheese.
●● Prokaryotic cells
Answer: All bacteria. No nucleus or membrane-bound organelles. 70s
ribosomes.
●● Eukaryotic cells
Answer: Contain nucleus and membrane-bound organelles. 80s
ribosomes.
●● Bergley's Manual
Answer: Taxonomic resource for information on bacteria.
,●● Prions
Answer: Proteins implicated in spongiform encephalopathy. They lack
nucleic acids.
●● Bioremediation
Answer: Cleanup of different industrial waste by living organisms.
●● Janssen
Answer: A father and son team that produced a compound microscope
consisting of a simple tube with lenses at each end.
●● Antony van Leeuwenhoek
Answer: First to describe 'animacules'.
●● Stereomicroscopes
Answer: Low-power microscopes designed for observing large objects
(i.e. insects or worms).
●● Molds belong to
Answer: Fungi.
●● Jenner
, Answer: Performed first vaccination against small pox.
●● Linnaeus
Answer: Originally developed the binominal system of nomenclature.
●● Shigellosis
Answer: Caused by contaminated food.
●● Psittacosis
Answer: Disease transmitted via aerosols.
●● Propionibacterium shermanii
Answer: Organism used in the production of cheese.
●● Alexander Fleming
Answer: Discovered antibiotic properties of penicillium.
●● Abiogenesis
Answer: Another term for spontaneous generation.
●● Mutualism
