IUPUI MICROBIOLOGY STUDY GUIDE 1
2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● Microbiologist.
Answer: Study every aspect of microbes
●● What are the major groups of microorganisms?.
Answer: bacteria, algae, protozoa, helminths, fungi, viruses
(BAPH-FV)
●● What do microbiologists study?.
Answer: Cell structure and function
Growth and physiology
Genetics
Taxonomy and evolutionary history
Interactions with living and nonliving environment
●● What are the 6 branches of microbiology?.
Answer: 1. Medical microbiology
,2. Public Health microbiology and Epidemiology
3. Immunology
4. Industrial Microbiology
5. Agricultural Microbiology
6. Environmental Microbiology
●● Medical microbiology.
Answer: Deals with microbes that cause diseases in humans and animals
●● Public Health Microbiology and Epidemiology.
Answer: Monitor and control the spread of diseases in communities
- Public health organizations: USPHS, CDC, WHO
●● Immunology.
Answer: Study of protective substances and cells produced in response
to infection
- vaccinations, blood testing, allergies
●● Industrial Microbiology.
Answer: Safeguards food and water
Used in biotechnology to create a product
- amino acids, beer, drugs, enzymes and vitamins
,●● Agricultural Microbiology.
Answer: Effect of microbes on the earths diverse habitats
- aquatic, soil, geomicrobiology, astrobiology
●● Cells with a true nucleus are classified as?.
Answer: Eukaryotes
Eu-kary = true nucleus
●● Cells that do not have a true nucleus are classified as?.
Answer: Prokaryotes or akaryotes (bacteria and archaea)
Pro-kary = pre nucleus
●● Why are bacteria ubiquitous?.
Answer: They are seen everywhere
- Deep in earths crust, polar ice caps, oceans, bodies of plants and
animals
●● Evolution.
Answer: the accumulation of changes that occur in organisms as they
adapt to their environments
●● Theory of evolution.
, Answer: Documented every day in all corners of the planet
An observable phenomenon testable by science
A label for a well-studied and well-established natural phenomenon
●● Photosynthesis.
Answer: Light fueled conversion of carbon dioxide to organic material
●● What are the two types of photosynthesis?.
Answer: Anoxygenic photosynthesis evolved into oxygenic
photosynthesis with the assistance of microbes
●● Photosynthetic bacteria and algae account for how much of the
earths photosynthesis?.
Answer: 70%
- Majority of the earths oxygen comes from bacteria and archaea
●● Decomposition.
Answer: - Breakdown of dead matter and waste
- Accomplished by bacteria and fungi
●● Biotechnology.
Answer: manipulation of microorganisms to make products in an
industrial setting
2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● Microbiologist.
Answer: Study every aspect of microbes
●● What are the major groups of microorganisms?.
Answer: bacteria, algae, protozoa, helminths, fungi, viruses
(BAPH-FV)
●● What do microbiologists study?.
Answer: Cell structure and function
Growth and physiology
Genetics
Taxonomy and evolutionary history
Interactions with living and nonliving environment
●● What are the 6 branches of microbiology?.
Answer: 1. Medical microbiology
,2. Public Health microbiology and Epidemiology
3. Immunology
4. Industrial Microbiology
5. Agricultural Microbiology
6. Environmental Microbiology
●● Medical microbiology.
Answer: Deals with microbes that cause diseases in humans and animals
●● Public Health Microbiology and Epidemiology.
Answer: Monitor and control the spread of diseases in communities
- Public health organizations: USPHS, CDC, WHO
●● Immunology.
Answer: Study of protective substances and cells produced in response
to infection
- vaccinations, blood testing, allergies
●● Industrial Microbiology.
Answer: Safeguards food and water
Used in biotechnology to create a product
- amino acids, beer, drugs, enzymes and vitamins
,●● Agricultural Microbiology.
Answer: Effect of microbes on the earths diverse habitats
- aquatic, soil, geomicrobiology, astrobiology
●● Cells with a true nucleus are classified as?.
Answer: Eukaryotes
Eu-kary = true nucleus
●● Cells that do not have a true nucleus are classified as?.
Answer: Prokaryotes or akaryotes (bacteria and archaea)
Pro-kary = pre nucleus
●● Why are bacteria ubiquitous?.
Answer: They are seen everywhere
- Deep in earths crust, polar ice caps, oceans, bodies of plants and
animals
●● Evolution.
Answer: the accumulation of changes that occur in organisms as they
adapt to their environments
●● Theory of evolution.
, Answer: Documented every day in all corners of the planet
An observable phenomenon testable by science
A label for a well-studied and well-established natural phenomenon
●● Photosynthesis.
Answer: Light fueled conversion of carbon dioxide to organic material
●● What are the two types of photosynthesis?.
Answer: Anoxygenic photosynthesis evolved into oxygenic
photosynthesis with the assistance of microbes
●● Photosynthetic bacteria and algae account for how much of the
earths photosynthesis?.
Answer: 70%
- Majority of the earths oxygen comes from bacteria and archaea
●● Decomposition.
Answer: - Breakdown of dead matter and waste
- Accomplished by bacteria and fungi
●● Biotechnology.
Answer: manipulation of microorganisms to make products in an
industrial setting
