AUBURN BIOL 3200 FINAL (RIGGS )
TEST QUESTIONS AND ALL ACCURATE
ANSWERS 2026-2027 UPDATED.
microbes are... - Answer life forms
small
diverse
everywhere
thiomargarita magnifica - Answer supersized microbial cell
tooth plaque - Answer microbial community (biofilm)
virus - Answer non-living
act like microbes
pathogen
robert hooke - Answer coined the term "cell"
built compound microscope
published micrographia
Anton van Leeuwenhoek - Answer coined the term "animalcules"
single lens magnifier
light microscope
observed single microbes
Francesco Redi & Lazzaro Spallanzani - Answer tested the theory of spontaneous generation
Mr. Onesimus & Lady Mary Montagu - Answer "vaccinated" population by blowing dried
smallpox into people's noses
Edward Jenner - Answer infected patients with cowpox lesions
termed "vaccination"
louis pasteur - Answer alcoholic fermentation
,disproved spontaneous generation
developed 1st vaccines
robert koch - Answer linked microbes to infection
created postulates
developed solid media to grow pure cultures
Alexander Fleming - Answer discovered penicillin
Sergei Winogradsky - Answer chemolithotrophy
linked bacteria & biogeochemical transformation
Lynn Margulis - Answer endosymbiotic theory
modified the 5 kingdom system
Carl Woese - Answer discovered archaea
studied thermophiles in hot springs producing methane
brightfield microscope - Answer A microscope that uses visible light for illumination; the
specimens are viewed against a white background.
darkfield microscopy - Answer The specimen appears light on a dark background;
living/unstained cells
phase contrast microscope - Answer living organisms
differences in refractive indices among different subcellular structures
used to view motility and shape
scanning electron microscope - Answer thin film of heavy metal
electrons scatter to produce a 3D image
large specimens
transmission electron microscope - Answer internal & external structures
high atomic weight scatters electrons
intact cells
, 2D
fluorescence microscopy - Answer uses a fluorescent dye that emits fluorescence when
illuminated with ultraviolet radiation
Immunofluorescence - Answer method of tagging antibodies with a luminating dye to detect
antigen-antibody complexes
How to calculate magnification - Answer ocular x objective
oil immersion - Answer 100x magnification
specimen gathers LOTS of light
spherical cell shape - Answer cocci
rod cell shape - Answer bacilli
spirochete cell shape - Answer corkscrew
spirillum cell shape - Answer rigid wave
strepto form - Answer chains
staph form - Answer clusters
tetrad - Answer blocks of 4
sarcinae - Answer cubic configuration of 8 cocci
BACTERIA vs. Archaea - Answer ester linkages
complex outer envelope
peptidoglycan in cell wall
binary fission
fatty acids
TEST QUESTIONS AND ALL ACCURATE
ANSWERS 2026-2027 UPDATED.
microbes are... - Answer life forms
small
diverse
everywhere
thiomargarita magnifica - Answer supersized microbial cell
tooth plaque - Answer microbial community (biofilm)
virus - Answer non-living
act like microbes
pathogen
robert hooke - Answer coined the term "cell"
built compound microscope
published micrographia
Anton van Leeuwenhoek - Answer coined the term "animalcules"
single lens magnifier
light microscope
observed single microbes
Francesco Redi & Lazzaro Spallanzani - Answer tested the theory of spontaneous generation
Mr. Onesimus & Lady Mary Montagu - Answer "vaccinated" population by blowing dried
smallpox into people's noses
Edward Jenner - Answer infected patients with cowpox lesions
termed "vaccination"
louis pasteur - Answer alcoholic fermentation
,disproved spontaneous generation
developed 1st vaccines
robert koch - Answer linked microbes to infection
created postulates
developed solid media to grow pure cultures
Alexander Fleming - Answer discovered penicillin
Sergei Winogradsky - Answer chemolithotrophy
linked bacteria & biogeochemical transformation
Lynn Margulis - Answer endosymbiotic theory
modified the 5 kingdom system
Carl Woese - Answer discovered archaea
studied thermophiles in hot springs producing methane
brightfield microscope - Answer A microscope that uses visible light for illumination; the
specimens are viewed against a white background.
darkfield microscopy - Answer The specimen appears light on a dark background;
living/unstained cells
phase contrast microscope - Answer living organisms
differences in refractive indices among different subcellular structures
used to view motility and shape
scanning electron microscope - Answer thin film of heavy metal
electrons scatter to produce a 3D image
large specimens
transmission electron microscope - Answer internal & external structures
high atomic weight scatters electrons
intact cells
, 2D
fluorescence microscopy - Answer uses a fluorescent dye that emits fluorescence when
illuminated with ultraviolet radiation
Immunofluorescence - Answer method of tagging antibodies with a luminating dye to detect
antigen-antibody complexes
How to calculate magnification - Answer ocular x objective
oil immersion - Answer 100x magnification
specimen gathers LOTS of light
spherical cell shape - Answer cocci
rod cell shape - Answer bacilli
spirochete cell shape - Answer corkscrew
spirillum cell shape - Answer rigid wave
strepto form - Answer chains
staph form - Answer clusters
tetrad - Answer blocks of 4
sarcinae - Answer cubic configuration of 8 cocci
BACTERIA vs. Archaea - Answer ester linkages
complex outer envelope
peptidoglycan in cell wall
binary fission
fatty acids
