OPENSTAX MICROBIOLOGY CHAPTER 1
EXAM REVIEW FINAL PAPER COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
EXPLANATIONS 2026.
◍ Pasteurization Growth media Answer: are used to grow
microorganisms; liquids; others are more solid or gel-like. Provides
nutrients, including water, various salts, a source of carbon (like
glucose), and a source of nitrogen and amino acids (like yeast extract)
so microorganisms can grow and reproduce. .
◍ parasitology, Answer: study of parasites
◍ virology Answer: study of viruses
◍ Mycology Answer: study of fungi
◍ Bacteriology Answer: study of bacteria
◍ What specific yeast is responsible for the rising of bread? Answer:
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
◍ What is the name of a famous iceman that was found and what
illnesses was he found with? Answer: His name was Otzi the iceman
, Eggs of a parasite (trichuris trichiura) and lyme disease basterium. He
tried to treat them b cutting lesions in his flesh and burning herbs in
them (look like tattoos) and he also had a woody fruit fungus with
him. Researchers think he was 5300 years old
◍ What is one of the first examples of people thinking that diseases
were communicable? Answer: In the Bible where the Israelites are
ordered to quarantine sick people and dead bodies (shows how God
was supernaturally helping them out as other civilizations around
them were not so sanitary)
◍ How did the Romans prevent illnesses from human waste?
Answer: They made massive aqueducts that brought in fresh water
and made a huge sewer called Cloaca Maxima to dump a whole lot of
nasty into the river Tiber
◍ Who is considered the father of Western medicine and why?
Answer: Hippocrates (460-370 BC) He is credited with making the
hippocratic oath and saying that diseases were not caused by
supernatural forces
◍ bacterial cell size Answer: 1 micrometer
◍ microbial fermentation Answer: microorganisms consume
fermentable sugars and produce end products that inhibit growth of
pathogens
EXAM REVIEW FINAL PAPER COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
EXPLANATIONS 2026.
◍ Pasteurization Growth media Answer: are used to grow
microorganisms; liquids; others are more solid or gel-like. Provides
nutrients, including water, various salts, a source of carbon (like
glucose), and a source of nitrogen and amino acids (like yeast extract)
so microorganisms can grow and reproduce. .
◍ parasitology, Answer: study of parasites
◍ virology Answer: study of viruses
◍ Mycology Answer: study of fungi
◍ Bacteriology Answer: study of bacteria
◍ What specific yeast is responsible for the rising of bread? Answer:
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
◍ What is the name of a famous iceman that was found and what
illnesses was he found with? Answer: His name was Otzi the iceman
, Eggs of a parasite (trichuris trichiura) and lyme disease basterium. He
tried to treat them b cutting lesions in his flesh and burning herbs in
them (look like tattoos) and he also had a woody fruit fungus with
him. Researchers think he was 5300 years old
◍ What is one of the first examples of people thinking that diseases
were communicable? Answer: In the Bible where the Israelites are
ordered to quarantine sick people and dead bodies (shows how God
was supernaturally helping them out as other civilizations around
them were not so sanitary)
◍ How did the Romans prevent illnesses from human waste?
Answer: They made massive aqueducts that brought in fresh water
and made a huge sewer called Cloaca Maxima to dump a whole lot of
nasty into the river Tiber
◍ Who is considered the father of Western medicine and why?
Answer: Hippocrates (460-370 BC) He is credited with making the
hippocratic oath and saying that diseases were not caused by
supernatural forces
◍ bacterial cell size Answer: 1 micrometer
◍ microbial fermentation Answer: microorganisms consume
fermentable sugars and produce end products that inhibit growth of
pathogens
