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EditionbyMadiganAllChapters1-34

,TABLE OF CONTENT
V V




UNIT 1: THE FOUNDATIONS OF MICROBIOLOGY

1. The Microbial World
2. Microbial Cell Structure and Function
3. Microbial Metabolism
4. Microbial Growth and Its Control
5. Viruses and Their Multiplication

UNIT 2: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS

6. Microbial Information Flow and Protein Processing
7. Microbial Regulatory Systems
8. Molecular Aspects of Microbial Growth
9. Genetics of Bacteria and Archaea

UNIT 3: GENOMICS, SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY, AND EVOLUTION

10. Microbial Genomics and Other Omics
11. Viral Genomics and Diversity 12.Biotech
nology and Synthetic Biology 13.Microbial Ev
olution and Genome Dynamics

UNIT 4: MICROBIAL DIVERSITY

14.Metabolic Diversity of Microorganisms 15.Ec
ological Diversity of Bacteria 16.Phylogenetic V

Diversity of Bacteria 17.Phylogenetic Diversity
of Archaea 18.Diversity of Microbial Eukarya

UNIT 5: MICROBIAL ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

19.Taking the Measure of Microbial Systems 20.
Microbial Ecosystems
21. Nutrient Cycles
22. Microbiology of the Built Environment
V


23. Microbial Symbioses with Microbes, Plants, and Animals

UNIT 6: MICROBE—HUMAN INTERACTIONS AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

24. Microbial Symbioses with Humans
25.Microbial Infection and Pathogenesis
26.Innate Immunity: Broadly Specific Host Defenses 27.Adaptiv
e Immunity: Highly Specific Host Defenses
V

28.Immune Disorders and Antimicrobial Therapy

,UNIT 7: INFECTIOUS DISEASES

29.Diagnosing Infectious Diseases 30.Epidemio
logy and Public Health
31.Person-to-
Person Bacterial and Viral Diseases 32.Vectorborne and Soilb
orne Bacterial and Viral Diseases 33.Waterborne and Foodbor
ne Bacterial and Viral Diseases 34.Eukaryotic Pathogens: Fung
i, Protozoa, and Helminths




1.1 Multiple Choice Questions

1) Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A) Microbial cells can exist as single cells.
B) Microbial cells carry out their life processes of growth independently.
C) Microbial cells include both bacteria and viruses.
D) Microbial cells are surrounded by
a cytoplasmic membrane.


Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-2:
Remembering/Understanding Chapter Section: 1.2
Learning Objective: 1.I

2) Which of the following statements is correct?
A) Microorganisms are significant contributors to the total biomass on Earth.
B) Microorganisms represent a much smaller amount of Earth's biomass than plants.
C) Microorganisms represent a much smaller amount of Earth's biomass than animals.
D) Microorganisms are significant in number, but notVinoverall
biomass.


Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-2:
Remembering/Understanding Chapter Section: 1.1
Learning Objective: 1.I

3) Differential selection and decent with modification occurs during a process called
A) cellular differentiation.
B) evolution.
C) growth.
D) transformati
on.



Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-
2: Remembering/Understanding Chapter Section: 1.
2 Learning Objective: 1.I

, 4) In what/which domain(s) of life is/are microorganisms represented?
A) Archaea
B) Bacteria
C) Eukarya
D) Archaea, Bacteria, and
Eukarya
Answer:VD
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-2:
Remembering/Understanding Chapter Section: 1.4
Learning Objective: 1.I
5) Biological catalysts involved in the acceleration of the rate of chemical reactions are called
A) catalytic converters.
B) growth agents.
C) evolutionary molecules.
D) enzyme
s.
Answer:VD

Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-2:
Remembering/Understanding Chapter Section: 1.2
Learning Objective: 1.I

6) Regarding early life on Earth,
A) microbial life existed for billions of years before plant and animal life.
B) microbial life existed long before animals but has been around for aboutthe sam
e amount of time as plants.
C) microbial life, plant life, and animal life all appeared at about the same time.
D) it is impossible to determine which type of lifefir
st appeared.


Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-
2: Remembering/Understanding Chapter Section: 1.
5 Learning Objective: 1.I

7) The person who described the "wee animalcules" was
A) Robert Hooke.
B) Antoni van Leeuwenhoek.
C) Louis Pasteur.
D) Ferdinand
Cohn.



Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-
2: Remembering/Understanding Chapter Section: 1.
7 Learning Objective: 1.II

8) Walther Hesse and pioneered the use of agar as a solidifying agent.
A) Louis Pasteur
B) Ferdinand Cohn
C) Robert Koch

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