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TEST BANK COMPLETE_ ALCAMO'S FUNDAMENTALS OF MICROBIOLOGY 12TH EDITION, (2021) BY JEFFREY C. POMMERVILLE ALL CHAPTERS 1-23| LATEST VERSION WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS| GRADE A+

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TEST BANK COMPLETE_ ALCAMO'S FUNDAMENTALS OF MICROBIOLOGY 12TH EDITION, (2021) BY JEFFREY C. POMMERVILLE ALL CHAPTERS 1-23| LATEST VERSION WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS| GRADE A+ TEST BANK COMPLETE_ ALCAMO'S FUNDAMENTALS OF MICROBIOLOGY 12TH EDITION, (2021) BY JEFFREY C. POMMERVILLE ALL CHAPTERS 1-23| LATEST VERSION WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS| GRADE A+

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TEST BANK COMPLETE_
ALCAMO'S FUNDAMENTALS OF MICROBIOLOGY 12TH EDITION, (2021)
BY JEFFREY C. POMMERVILLE
ALL CHAPTERS 1-23| LATEST VERSION WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS| GRADE A+

12TH EDITION

,CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO MICROBIOLOGY: THEN AND NOW _____________________ 3
CHAPTER 2: THE CHEMICAL BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIFE ______________________________ 34
CHAPTER 3: NAMING, OBSERVING, AND CATALOGING THE MICROBIAL WORLD __________ 69
CHAPTER 4: STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION OF PROKARYOTIC CELLS ________________ 103
CHAPTER 5: EUKARYOTIC MICROBIAL CELLS AND PARASITES ________________________ 138
CHAPTER 6: THE VIRUSES AND OTHER INFECTIOUS AGENTS _________________________ 174
CHAPTER 7: MICROBIAL GROWTH AND NUTRITION________________________________ 210
CHAPTER 8: MICROBIAL METABOLISM __________________________________________ 252
CHAPTER 9: MICROBIAL GENETICS _____________________________________________ 287
CHAPTER 10: GENE TRANSFER, GENETIC ENGINEERING, AND GENOMICS ______________ 323
CHAPTER 11: CONTROL OF MICROORGANISMS: PHYSICAL METHODS AND CHEMICAL AGENTS
__________________________________________________________________________ 364
CHAPTER 12: CONTROL OF MICROORGANISMS: ANTIMICROBIAL DRUGS AND SUPERBUGS 413
CHAPTER 13: DIAGNOSING INFECTIONS _________________________________________ 453
CHAPTER 14: INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM ___________________ 500
CHAPTER 15: INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ______________________ 534
CHAPTER 16: INFECTIOUS DISEASES AFFECTING THE SKIN, SOFT TISSUES, AND EYES _____ 575
CHAPTER 17: INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM ______________________ 608
CHAPTER 18: SYSTEMIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES ____________________________________ 654
CHAPTER 19: INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF THE URINARY AND REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS ____ 693
CHAPTER 20: THE HOST–MICROBE RELATIONSHIP AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY
__________________________________________________________________________ 730
CHAPTER 21: THE IMMUNE RESPONSE TO INFECTION: INNATE IMMUNITY _____________ 761
CHAPTER 22: THE IMMUNE RESPONSE TO INFECTION: ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY AND
VACCINATION ______________________________________________________________ 799
CHAPTER 23: INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND IMMUNE DISORDERS _______________________ 830

,CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO MICROBIOLOGY: THEN
AND NOW
JEFFREY C. POMMERVILLE: ALCAMO'S FUNDAMENTALS OF MICROBIOLOGY 12TH
EDITION, (2021) TEST BANK




MULTIPLE CHOICE


1. WHO WAS ONE OF THE EARLY NATURAL PHILOSOPHERS WHO COINED
THE NAME “CELLA” FOR THE EMPTY CORK SPACES THAT BECAME THE
WORD WE USE TODAY, “CELLS”?
A. ROBERT HOOKE
B. ZACHARIAS JANSSEN
C. FRANCESCO STALLUTI
D. GIOVANNI FABER


CORRECT ANS:> A.
ROBERT HOOKE, IN 1665, USED A COMPOUND MICROSCOPE TO EXAMINE A
THIN SLICE OF CORK. HE OBSERVED TINY COMPARTMENTS, WHICH HE
NAMED “CELLS” BECAUSE THEY REMINDED HIM OF THE SMALL ROOMS
(CELLAE) IN A MONASTERY.


2. LEEUWENHOEK MADE LENSES THAT ALLOWED HIM TO MAGNIFY
OBJECTS MORE THAN 200X. HOWEVER, HE FAILED TO PROMOTE
SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY BECAUSE:
A. HE DIDN'T SHARE HIS DRAWINGS WITH OTHER SCIENTISTS.
B. HE DIDN'T REVEAL HOW HE GROUND THE LENSES AND NO ONE ELSE
WAS DOING IT THAT WELL.
C. HE LIMITED HIS RESEARCH TO POND WATER.
D. IT WAS ONLY A HOBBY, AND HE DIDN'T LIVE VERY LONG.

, CORRECT ANS:> B.
ALTHOUGH LEEUWENHOEK MADE GROUNDBREAKING DISCOVERIES,
SUCH AS OBSERVING BACTERIA AND PROTOZOA, HE NEVER DISCLOSED
HIS LENS-MAKING TECHNIQUES. THIS SECRECY PREVENTED OTHER
SCIENTISTS FROM REPLICATING HIS FINDINGS AND SLOWED SCIENTIFIC
PROGRESS.


3. LEEUWENHOEK WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO:
A. SEE VIRUSES.
B. USE A MICROSCOPE.
C. DESCRIBE BACTERIA.
D. SUGGEST ANIMALCULES CAUSED DISEASE.


CORRECT ANS:> C.
USING HIS HANDCRAFTED MICROSCOPES, LEEUWENHOEK WAS THE FIRST
TO OBSERVE AND DESCRIBE BACTERIA (WHICH HE CALLED
"ANIMALCULES") IN THE LATE 1600S.


4. FRANCESCO REDI IS FAMOUS FOR PERFORMING ONE OF THE FIRST
EXPERIMENTS OVER THE DEBATE REGARDING SPONTANEOUS
GENERATION. WHAT WAS HIS EXPERIMENT?
A. HE BOILED SOME MUTTON GRAVY AND SEALED THE TOPS WITH CORKS.
B. HE COVERED SOME JARS OF MEAT WITH GAUZE AND LEFT OTHERS
OPEN. THE COVERED JARS DID NOT DEVELOP MAGGOTS, THE UNCOVERED
ONES DID.
C. HE SHOWED THAT MICE WILL APPEAR WITH DAMP RAGS AND RICE.
D. HE BOILED BROTH FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME AND SEALED THE
TOPS WITH MELTED GLASS.


CORRECT ANS:> B.

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