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Pathogenic Microbiology Aretakis Lecture 1 exam with ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




precise detailed answers ||\\//|| ||\\//||




microorganism - correct answer✔✔A small living plant or animal seen only with a ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




microscope; a microbe ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Describe the conditions under which the first microbes lived. - correct answer✔✔Moist and
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warm



Describe the diversity of microorganisms. - correct answer✔✔A microorganism ranges from
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being a prokaryotic and eukaryotic.
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Cells that are unicellular and do not have a membrane bound nucleus or other membrane
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organelles. - correct answer✔✔Prokaryotic cell ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Examples are bacteria and archaea - correct answer✔✔Prokaryotic cell
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have membrane bound organelles and nucleus. - correct answer✔✔Eukaryotic cells
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Examples are algae, Protozoa, fungi and heminths. - correct answer✔✔Eukaryotic cell
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Antony van Leeuwenhoek - correct answer✔✔first person to observe and describe
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microorganisms accurately, father of microbiology ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Francesco Redi - correct answer✔✔(Italy 1668) Tested the hypothesis of spontaneous
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generation with flies on meat, and disproved it ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||

,Louis Pasteur - correct answer✔✔Began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria
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John Tyndall - correct answer✔✔showed evidence that some microbes have very high heat
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resistance and are difficult to destroy ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Robert Koch - correct answer✔✔Developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens
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Christian Gram - correct answer✔✔Accidentally discovered dye reactions in 1884 while
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studying etiology of diseases in Berlin ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Joseph Lister - correct answer✔✔Began using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery
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Frederick Griffith - correct answer✔✔Discovered transformation in pneumonia-causing
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bacteria.



Alexander Fleming - correct answer✔✔discovered penicillin ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




James Watson and Francis Crick, Rosalind Franklin, and Maurice Wilkins - correct
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answer✔✔1953. Built first accepted DNA model explaining specific structure and properties ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




of DNA.
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Describe briefly the theory of spontaneous generation - correct answer✔✔thought on the
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ordinary formation of living organisms without descent from similar organisms. Typically, the
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idea was that certain forms such as fleas could arise from inanimate matter such as dust, or
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that maggots could arise from dead flesh.
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The three domains are - correct answer✔✔Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya
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, Viruses are - correct answer✔✔Very tiny organisms that multiply in living cells. Acellular. Not
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composed of cells.
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No nuclear membrane, no membrane bound organelles, single stranded DNA chromosome
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tightly coiled in cytoplasm, reproduce by binary, asexual fission, protective peptidoglycan
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layer within cell wall - correct answer✔✔Bacteria
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No nuclear membrane, no common membrane bound organelles, single stranded DNA coiled
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in cytoplasm, reproduce by binary, asexual fission, branched hydrocarbon lipid later protects,
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evolved later due to environmental stress, can stand extreme temperatures, no
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peptidoglycan in cell walls - correct answer✔✔Archaea ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Structurally appear identical - correct answer✔✔Bacteria and archaea ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Nuclear membrane bound nucleus, organelles made of membrane, include fungi, algae,
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protozoa. Both multicelled and single celled organisms - correct answer✔✔Eukarya ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




algae and protozoa are - correct answer✔✔Protists
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Single celled and multicelled organisms. All contain chlorophyll pigment and others. Found
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near surface of fresh and salt water. Rigid cell walls of mostly cellulose. Some have flagella
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for movement - correct answer✔✔Algae
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example of algae - correct answer✔✔Chylamydomonas ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Fungi - correct answer✔✔Single celled yeasts and multicelled molds and mushrooms. Live
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primarily on land. Have cell walls ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||

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