BANK EXAM 2024-2025| 28 TERMS ALL
CORRECTLY ANSWERED AND GRADED A+|REAL
EXAM
Which of the following individuals argued in favor of the theory of spontaneous generation? - ANSWERS
-John Needham
Which of the following individuals is credited for definitively refuting the theory of spontaneous
generation using broth in swan-neck flask? - ANSWERS -Louis Pasteur
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Which of the following scientists experimented with raw meat, maggots, and flies in an attempt to
disprove the theory of spontaneous generation? - ANSWERS -Francesco Redi
Which of the following individuals did not contribute to the establishment of cell theory? - ANSWERS -
Girolamo Fracastoro
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Whose proposal of the endosymbiotic theory of mitochondrial and chloroplast origin was ultimately
accepted by the greater scientific community? - ANSWERS -Lynn Margulis
Which of the following developed a set of postulates for determining whether a particular disease is
caused by a particular pathogen? - ANSWERS -Robert Koch
Which of the following terms refers to a prokaryotic cell that is comma shaped? - ANSWERS -Vibrio
Which bacterial structures are important for adherence to surfaces? (Select all that apply.) - ANSWERS -
fimbrae, capsules
Which of the following cell wall components is unique to gram-negative cells? - ANSWERS -
lipopolysaccharide
Which of the following terms refers to a bacterial cell having a single tuft of flagella at one end? -
ANSWERS -lophotrichous
Bacterial cell walls are primarily composed of which of the following? - ANSWERS -peptidoglycan
Which of the following organelles is not part of the endomembrane system? - ANSWERS -perioxisome
Which type of cytoskeletal fiber is important in the formation of the nuclear lamina? - ANSWERS -
intermediate filaments
Sugar groups may be added to proteins in which of the following? - ANSWERS -Golgi apparatus