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, Table of Contents
CHAPTER TOPIC
Chapter 1 Microorganisms and
Microbiology
Chapter 2 An overview of microbial life
Chapter 3 Macromolecules
Chapter 4 Cell Structure/Function
Chapter 5 Nutrition, Laboratory Culture, and Metabolism of
Microorganisms
Chapter 6 Microbial Growth
Chapter 7 Essentials of Molecular
Biology
Chapter 8 Metabolic Regulation
Chapter 9 Essentials of Virology
Chapter 10 Bacterial Genetics
Chapter 11 Microbial Evolution and
Systematics
Chapter 12 Prokaryotic Diversity: Bacteria
Chapter 13
Prokaryotic Diversity: Archaea
Chapter 14 Eukaryotic Cell Biology and
Eukaryotic Microorganisms
Chapter 15 Microbial Genomics
Chapter 16 Viral Diversity
Chapter 17 Metabolic Diversity
Methods in Microbial Ecology
Chapter 18
Chapter 19 Microbial Ecology
Chapter 20 Microbial Growth Control
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,Chapter 21 Microbial Interactions with
Humans
Chapter 22 Essentials of Immunology
Chapter 23 Molecular Immunology
Chapter 24 Diagnostic Microbiiology and
Immunology
Chapter 25 Epidemiology
Chapter 26 Person-to-Person Microbial
Diseases
Chapter 27 Animal-Transmitted,
Arthropod- Transmitted, and
Soilborne Microbial Diseases
Chapter 28 Wastewater Treatment, Water
Purification, and Waterborne
Microbial Diseases
Food Preservation and Foodborne Microbial Diseases
Chapter 29
Chapter 30 Industrial Microbiology
Chapter 31 Genetic Engineering and
Biotechnology
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(Madigan/Martinko)
Chapter 1: Microorganisms and Microbiology
1.
Which environment harbors the majority of Earth's prokaryotic cells?
A) Ocean surface waters
B) Human and animal microbiomes
C) Oceanic and terrestrial subsurfaces
D) Polar ice caps
Answer: C
Rationale: Most prokaryotes exist deep within the oceanic and terrestrial subsurfaces, where nutrient flow and
energy sources sustain vast microbial populations. This challenges the common assumption that surface habitats
dominate global biomass.
2.
The discovery that life does not spontaneously arise from nonliving matter was primarily due to the work of:
A) Robert Hooke
B) Louis Pasteur
C) Ferdinand Cohn
D) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Answer: B
Rationale: Pasteur’s swan-neck flask experiments demonstrated that microorganisms originate from other
microorganisms, disproving the theory of spontaneous generation — a foundational moment in modern
microbiology.
3.
Koch’s greatest contribution to medical bacteriology was his work with:
A) Bacillus cereus
B) Escherichia coli
C) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
D) Staphylococcus aureus
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, Table of Contents
CHAPTER TOPIC
Chapter 1 Microorganisms and
Microbiology
Chapter 2 An overview of microbial life
Chapter 3 Macromolecules
Chapter 4 Cell Structure/Function
Chapter 5 Nutrition, Laboratory Culture, and Metabolism of
Microorganisms
Chapter 6 Microbial Growth
Chapter 7 Essentials of Molecular
Biology
Chapter 8 Metabolic Regulation
Chapter 9 Essentials of Virology
Chapter 10 Bacterial Genetics
Chapter 11 Microbial Evolution and
Systematics
Chapter 12 Prokaryotic Diversity: Bacteria
Chapter 13
Prokaryotic Diversity: Archaea
Chapter 14 Eukaryotic Cell Biology and
Eukaryotic Microorganisms
Chapter 15 Microbial Genomics
Chapter 16 Viral Diversity
Chapter 17 Metabolic Diversity
Methods in Microbial Ecology
Chapter 18
Chapter 19 Microbial Ecology
Chapter 20 Microbial Growth Control
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,Chapter 21 Microbial Interactions with
Humans
Chapter 22 Essentials of Immunology
Chapter 23 Molecular Immunology
Chapter 24 Diagnostic Microbiiology and
Immunology
Chapter 25 Epidemiology
Chapter 26 Person-to-Person Microbial
Diseases
Chapter 27 Animal-Transmitted,
Arthropod- Transmitted, and
Soilborne Microbial Diseases
Chapter 28 Wastewater Treatment, Water
Purification, and Waterborne
Microbial Diseases
Food Preservation and Foodborne Microbial Diseases
Chapter 29
Chapter 30 Industrial Microbiology
Chapter 31 Genetic Engineering and
Biotechnology
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, TEST BANK Brock Biology of Microorganisms, 16th
(Madigan/Martinko)
Chapter 1: Microorganisms and Microbiology
1.
Which environment harbors the majority of Earth's prokaryotic cells?
A) Ocean surface waters
B) Human and animal microbiomes
C) Oceanic and terrestrial subsurfaces
D) Polar ice caps
Answer: C
Rationale: Most prokaryotes exist deep within the oceanic and terrestrial subsurfaces, where nutrient flow and
energy sources sustain vast microbial populations. This challenges the common assumption that surface habitats
dominate global biomass.
2.
The discovery that life does not spontaneously arise from nonliving matter was primarily due to the work of:
A) Robert Hooke
B) Louis Pasteur
C) Ferdinand Cohn
D) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Answer: B
Rationale: Pasteur’s swan-neck flask experiments demonstrated that microorganisms originate from other
microorganisms, disproving the theory of spontaneous generation — a foundational moment in modern
microbiology.
3.
Koch’s greatest contribution to medical bacteriology was his work with:
A) Bacillus cereus
B) Escherichia coli
C) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
D) Staphylococcus aureus
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