7/14/2025
Microbiology with
Diseases by Taxonomy
Exam 1 questions and
answers 2025/2026 latest
update
USER
[COMPANY NAME]
,Antoni van Leeuwenhoek - ✔✔answer Lens Grinder
Produced the Microscope
Discovered Microbes: Protozoa & Algae (larger)
Discovered Bacteria (smaller)
Carolus Lunneaus - ✔✔answer Developed the Taxonomic System (categories)
Bacteria & Archaea (prokaryotic)
Protozoa, Algae, & Fungi (eukaryotic)
Prokaryote - ✔✔answer Any of the typically unicellular microorganisms that lack a distinct nucleus and
membrane-bound organelles and that are classified as a kingdom or into two domains.
Eukaryote - ✔✔answer Microorganisms that have membrane-bound organelles, especially the nucleus,
which contains the genetic material, and is enclosed by the nuclear envelope.
Bacteria - ✔✔answer Ubiquitous on Earth (found everywhere)
Diverse metabolism
Asexual reproduction (can reproduce without mating)
Nutrient recyclers for the planet and are decomposers
Most are not human pathogens
Archaea - ✔✔answer Live in extreme environments
Extreme metabolism
Asexual reproduction
No known human diseases
Examples of Bacteria - ✔✔answer Mitochondria
Cyanobacteria
Gram-Negative Bacteria
, Chloroplasts
Gram-Positive Bacteria
Thermotoga
Examples of Eukarya - ✔✔answer Fungi
Animals
Cellular Slime Molds
Oomycotes
Plants
Amoeba
Ciliates
Chromista
Euglenozoa
Plasmodial Slime Molds
Microspores
Archaezoa
Examples of Archaea - ✔✔answer Extreme Halophiles
Methanogens
Hyperthermophiles
Protozoa - ✔✔answer Animal-like single-celled aquatic eukaryotes
Move usually by pseudopodia, cilia, or flagella
Asexual mostly - some sexual reproduction
Example: Amoebas
Algae - ✔✔answer Plant-like single or multi-celled aquatic eukaryotes
Photosynthetic
Microbiology with
Diseases by Taxonomy
Exam 1 questions and
answers 2025/2026 latest
update
USER
[COMPANY NAME]
,Antoni van Leeuwenhoek - ✔✔answer Lens Grinder
Produced the Microscope
Discovered Microbes: Protozoa & Algae (larger)
Discovered Bacteria (smaller)
Carolus Lunneaus - ✔✔answer Developed the Taxonomic System (categories)
Bacteria & Archaea (prokaryotic)
Protozoa, Algae, & Fungi (eukaryotic)
Prokaryote - ✔✔answer Any of the typically unicellular microorganisms that lack a distinct nucleus and
membrane-bound organelles and that are classified as a kingdom or into two domains.
Eukaryote - ✔✔answer Microorganisms that have membrane-bound organelles, especially the nucleus,
which contains the genetic material, and is enclosed by the nuclear envelope.
Bacteria - ✔✔answer Ubiquitous on Earth (found everywhere)
Diverse metabolism
Asexual reproduction (can reproduce without mating)
Nutrient recyclers for the planet and are decomposers
Most are not human pathogens
Archaea - ✔✔answer Live in extreme environments
Extreme metabolism
Asexual reproduction
No known human diseases
Examples of Bacteria - ✔✔answer Mitochondria
Cyanobacteria
Gram-Negative Bacteria
, Chloroplasts
Gram-Positive Bacteria
Thermotoga
Examples of Eukarya - ✔✔answer Fungi
Animals
Cellular Slime Molds
Oomycotes
Plants
Amoeba
Ciliates
Chromista
Euglenozoa
Plasmodial Slime Molds
Microspores
Archaezoa
Examples of Archaea - ✔✔answer Extreme Halophiles
Methanogens
Hyperthermophiles
Protozoa - ✔✔answer Animal-like single-celled aquatic eukaryotes
Move usually by pseudopodia, cilia, or flagella
Asexual mostly - some sexual reproduction
Example: Amoebas
Algae - ✔✔answer Plant-like single or multi-celled aquatic eukaryotes
Photosynthetic
