NBCE Boards Guy's Microbiology Review| 93 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

Used first microscope to describe the cellular nature of cork; first to describe microorganisms found in pond water? CORRECT ANSWERS: Anton Van Leeuwenhoek Introduced the smallpox vaccine? CORRECT ANSWERS: Edward Jenner Known for instituting hand washing before delivering babies? CORRECT ANSWERS: Semmelweis Father of bacteriology; disproved spontaneous generation by identifying airborne bacteria using swan necked flasks; developed anthrax vaccine and preventive treatment for rabies? CORRECT ANSWERS: Louis Pasteur Developed antiseptic surgery? CORRECT ANSWERS: Joseph Lister Acid-fast staining for TB? CORRECT ANSWERS: Ziehl and Nielsen Father of immunology; devised "key in lock" concept of immunology and developed first drugs against bacteria? CORRECT ANSWERS: Paul Ehrlich Discovered pencillin? CORRECT ANSWERS: Alexander Fleming Developed a killed virus polio vaccine? CORRECT ANSWERS: Jonas Salk Developed attenuated (live virus) oral polio vaccine? CORRECT ANSWERS: Albert Sabin Classified streptococcus? CORRECT ANSWERS: Lansfield What do following comprise: Organism must always be observed in every case of disease, must be grown in pure culture, must cause disease when injected in animal, and must be recovered from animal? CORRECT ANSWERS: Koch's postulates Bacteria are prokaryotic / eukaryotic? CORRECT ANSWERS: Prokaryotic Smallest, free living forms of life? CORRECT ANSWERS: Bacteria Obligate intracellular parasites and depend on host for ATP production? CORRECT ANSWERS: Rickettsia Bacteria like, obligate intracellular parasites also depend on host for ATPs but have both intracellular and extracellular forms during life cycle? CORRECT ANSWERS: Chlamydia Obligate intracellular parasites that contain either RNA or DNA (not both) and are known as bacteriophages if they have a bacterial host? CORRECT ANSWERS: Viruses