MICROBIOLOGY UTA 2460 PACKAGED
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
• Shorter wavelengths.
Answer: Higher resolution
• Flagella eukaryotic cells.
Answer: Similar to prokaryotic cells but made of microtubules in 9+2
fashion
• ____________ are the largest and the most diverse group of proteobacteria
and some are ____.
Answer: gammaproteobacteria/enteric
• Refraction.
Answer: Degree of change in transmission speed, refraction index: speed of
light in vacuum/speed of light through material, refractive index of glass:
300,000 kps/200,000 kps
• Bacterial common shapes: Bacillus.
Answer: Rod shaped
• Ernst Haeckel.
Answer: Wrote general morphology of organisms, proposed 4 kingdoms
(animals, plants, protists, and monera)
• Protists: Algae + Protozoa.
Answer: Unicellular eukaryotes with no cell wall
• Which of the following is an ascomycete fungus associated with bat
droppings that can cause a respiratory infection if inhaled? a. Candida
albicans b. Histoplasma capsulatum c. Rhizopus stolonifera d. Trichophyton
rubrum.
Answer: B
,• Which genus includes the causative agent for malaria? a. Euglena b.
Paramecium c. Plasmodium d. Trypanosoma.
Answer: C
• Fungi cell wall.
Answer: chitin
• Which of the following is the term for the outer layer of a lichen? a. the
cortex b. the medulla c. the thallus d. the theca.
Answer: A
• You encounter a lichen with leafy structures. Which term describes this
lichen? a. crustose b. foliose c. fruticose d. agarose.
Answer: B
• Which is the term for the hard outer covering of some dinoflagellates? a.
theca b. thallus c. mycelium d. shell.
Answer: A
• the ___ include diverse saprotrophic eukaryotic organisms within chitin cell
walls..
Answer: fungi
• Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch.
Answer: Made a lot of contributions and developments which advanced
microbiology, competition between the 2 propelled the study of
microbiology
• Fungi and plants cell wall.
Answer: Cellulose
• Modern Cell Theory.
Answer: All living organisms are composed of 1 or more cells
• Francesco Redi's experiment.
Answer: Francesco Redi was able to disprove the theory that maggots could
be spontaneously generated from meat using a controlled experiment.
, • Louis Pasteur.
Answer: Fermentation and spoilage caused by microbes, pasteurization,
vaccines (rabies)
• Scanning probe microscopy.
Answer: Atomic scale microscopy, viruses and smaller
• Staining Specimens: Simple Stains.
Answer: Emphasizes structures
• deeply branching bacteria include many species that thrive in ____ ____ that
are thought to resemble conditions on earth a million years ago.
Answer: extreme conditions
• Cyanobacteria.
Answer: Photosynthetic, oxygen-producing bacteria (formerly known as
blue-green algae).
• Louis Pasteur's experiment.
Answer: Disproved spontaneous generation. Said that all cells come from
preexisting cells (Cell Theory)
• ___ may be unicellular or multicellular.
Answer: algae
• deeply branching bacteria are important for our understanding of ____.
Answer: evolution
• the totality of forms of prokaryotes living in a certain region of the body is
called the ____ of this region..
Answer: microbiota.
• Which of the following is true of archaea that produce methane? a. They
reduce carbon dioxide in the presence of nitrogen. b. They live in the most
extreme environments. c. They are always anaerobes. d. They have been
discovered on Mars..
Answer: B
• Archae.
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
• Shorter wavelengths.
Answer: Higher resolution
• Flagella eukaryotic cells.
Answer: Similar to prokaryotic cells but made of microtubules in 9+2
fashion
• ____________ are the largest and the most diverse group of proteobacteria
and some are ____.
Answer: gammaproteobacteria/enteric
• Refraction.
Answer: Degree of change in transmission speed, refraction index: speed of
light in vacuum/speed of light through material, refractive index of glass:
300,000 kps/200,000 kps
• Bacterial common shapes: Bacillus.
Answer: Rod shaped
• Ernst Haeckel.
Answer: Wrote general morphology of organisms, proposed 4 kingdoms
(animals, plants, protists, and monera)
• Protists: Algae + Protozoa.
Answer: Unicellular eukaryotes with no cell wall
• Which of the following is an ascomycete fungus associated with bat
droppings that can cause a respiratory infection if inhaled? a. Candida
albicans b. Histoplasma capsulatum c. Rhizopus stolonifera d. Trichophyton
rubrum.
Answer: B
,• Which genus includes the causative agent for malaria? a. Euglena b.
Paramecium c. Plasmodium d. Trypanosoma.
Answer: C
• Fungi cell wall.
Answer: chitin
• Which of the following is the term for the outer layer of a lichen? a. the
cortex b. the medulla c. the thallus d. the theca.
Answer: A
• You encounter a lichen with leafy structures. Which term describes this
lichen? a. crustose b. foliose c. fruticose d. agarose.
Answer: B
• Which is the term for the hard outer covering of some dinoflagellates? a.
theca b. thallus c. mycelium d. shell.
Answer: A
• the ___ include diverse saprotrophic eukaryotic organisms within chitin cell
walls..
Answer: fungi
• Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch.
Answer: Made a lot of contributions and developments which advanced
microbiology, competition between the 2 propelled the study of
microbiology
• Fungi and plants cell wall.
Answer: Cellulose
• Modern Cell Theory.
Answer: All living organisms are composed of 1 or more cells
• Francesco Redi's experiment.
Answer: Francesco Redi was able to disprove the theory that maggots could
be spontaneously generated from meat using a controlled experiment.
, • Louis Pasteur.
Answer: Fermentation and spoilage caused by microbes, pasteurization,
vaccines (rabies)
• Scanning probe microscopy.
Answer: Atomic scale microscopy, viruses and smaller
• Staining Specimens: Simple Stains.
Answer: Emphasizes structures
• deeply branching bacteria include many species that thrive in ____ ____ that
are thought to resemble conditions on earth a million years ago.
Answer: extreme conditions
• Cyanobacteria.
Answer: Photosynthetic, oxygen-producing bacteria (formerly known as
blue-green algae).
• Louis Pasteur's experiment.
Answer: Disproved spontaneous generation. Said that all cells come from
preexisting cells (Cell Theory)
• ___ may be unicellular or multicellular.
Answer: algae
• deeply branching bacteria are important for our understanding of ____.
Answer: evolution
• the totality of forms of prokaryotes living in a certain region of the body is
called the ____ of this region..
Answer: microbiota.
• Which of the following is true of archaea that produce methane? a. They
reduce carbon dioxide in the presence of nitrogen. b. They live in the most
extreme environments. c. They are always anaerobes. d. They have been
discovered on Mars..
Answer: B
• Archae.
