BIOL 221- MICRO. EXAM 1 & ESSAY QUESTIONS. With Complete SOLUTIONS

Microorangisms are involved in all of the following processes except: A) Infection B) Decomposition of Organic Material C) O2 Production D) Food Production E) Smog Production correct answer: E) Smog Production Each of the following organisms would be considered a microbe except: A) Yeast B) Protozoan C) Bacterium D) Mushroom E) Virus correct answer: D) Mushroom In the name Staphylococcus aureus, aureus is the: correct answer: C) Specific name (species) A prokaryotic cell may possess a nucleus. T/F correct answer: False Who is credited with first observing living cells? correct answer: B) Anton Van Leeuwenhoek The first antibiotic to be utilized was: correct answer: Penicillin Recombinant DNA refers to: correct answer: DNA resulting when bacterial genes are inserted in an animal genome. Compared to free-living bacteria, biofilms are more sensitive to antibiotics. T/F correct answer: False Using microbes to clean up pollutants and toxic wastes produced by various industrial processes. This process is known as: correct answer: Bioremediation Scientific nomenclature assigns each organism to two names:___________is the first name and is always capitalized. And the ___________ follows and is not capitalized. correct answer: Genus/ Species Viruses are: correct answer: Acellular ____________ was looking at mold that could inhibit the growth of a bacterium. The mold was later identified as Penicilllium notatum, later renamed Penicillium chyrsogenum. correct answer: Alexander Fleming