MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY CHAPTERS 5
THROUGH 75 COMPREHENSIVE SOLVED
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE ANSWERS
◉ bioremediation.
Answer: using microbes to clean up pollutants
◉ Bacillus thuringienisis.
Answer: can kill insects but doesn't harm plants or animals
◉ Order of the Scientific Method.
Answer: observe
hypothesis
prediction
experiment
consistency
theory
law
◉ Mycology.
Answer: study of fungi
,◉ bacteriology.
Answer: study of bacteria
◉ virology.
Answer: study of viruses
◉ algology.
Answer: study of algae
◉ protozoology.
Answer: study of protozoa
◉ Robert Hooke.
Answer: • All living organisms are composed of little boxes or "cells"
• -came up with cell theory - that all microorganisms are made up of
cells
-marked the beginning of the cell theory
◉ Anton van Leeuwenhook.
Answer: • 1st cells observed under the microscope
also made the original electron microscope : 10 mil X
, ◉ Rebecca Lancefield.
Answer: • came up with the system that help classifying different
microorganisms
• it was all based on different polysaccharides in the cell wall
also helped discover Streptococcus pyognes - which is basically
strep and we know this because pyognes is a pus forming
microorganism
◉ Joseph Lister.
Answer: • discovered phenol: was used to stop surgical would
infections
• usually in hospitals : Staphylococcus aures aka staph infection
at least 20% of population is a carrier for the staph infection and
they carry it in their noses
◉ Louis Pasteur.
Answer: • father of microbiology and is the most important scientist
in microbiology
• showed that microbes are responsible for fermentation
• Fermentation: conversion of sugar to alcohol in the absence of air
• Discovered that pasteurization was something that could stop food
spoilage
THROUGH 75 COMPREHENSIVE SOLVED
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE ANSWERS
◉ bioremediation.
Answer: using microbes to clean up pollutants
◉ Bacillus thuringienisis.
Answer: can kill insects but doesn't harm plants or animals
◉ Order of the Scientific Method.
Answer: observe
hypothesis
prediction
experiment
consistency
theory
law
◉ Mycology.
Answer: study of fungi
,◉ bacteriology.
Answer: study of bacteria
◉ virology.
Answer: study of viruses
◉ algology.
Answer: study of algae
◉ protozoology.
Answer: study of protozoa
◉ Robert Hooke.
Answer: • All living organisms are composed of little boxes or "cells"
• -came up with cell theory - that all microorganisms are made up of
cells
-marked the beginning of the cell theory
◉ Anton van Leeuwenhook.
Answer: • 1st cells observed under the microscope
also made the original electron microscope : 10 mil X
, ◉ Rebecca Lancefield.
Answer: • came up with the system that help classifying different
microorganisms
• it was all based on different polysaccharides in the cell wall
also helped discover Streptococcus pyognes - which is basically
strep and we know this because pyognes is a pus forming
microorganism
◉ Joseph Lister.
Answer: • discovered phenol: was used to stop surgical would
infections
• usually in hospitals : Staphylococcus aures aka staph infection
at least 20% of population is a carrier for the staph infection and
they carry it in their noses
◉ Louis Pasteur.
Answer: • father of microbiology and is the most important scientist
in microbiology
• showed that microbes are responsible for fermentation
• Fermentation: conversion of sugar to alcohol in the absence of air
• Discovered that pasteurization was something that could stop food
spoilage
