Microbiology Questions (With complete answers)

Which of the following attributes make microorganisms ideal model systems for studying life's basic processes? correct answers They grow to high cell densities in a short amount of time. What is the name of the process in which cells take up nutrients from the environment and convert them into new cell structures and waste products? correct answers Metabolism What is the immediate environment called where a microbial population lives? correct answers Habitat Of the following evolutionary milestones, which occurred earlier than the Earth's oxygenation? correct answers Origin of cyanobacteria What are the crop plants called that form symbiotic relations with the bacteria that convert nitrogen gas into ammonia? correct answers Legumes Who was the amateur microscopist who first published drawings of bacteria? correct answers Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Which of the following discoveries by Louis Pasteur came first? The significance of optical isomers The role of microorganisms in fermentation The development of a vaccine for rabies The defeat of the theory of spontaneous generation correct answers The significance of optical isomers What organism was studied by Robert Koch to help him develop his famous postulates? correct answers Bacillus anthracis What is the method called that uses specific culture media and incubation conditions to isolate specific microorganisms? correct answers Enrichment culture Which of the following would generally not be considered a subdiscipline of applied microbiology? Biotechnology Microbial systematics Medical microbiology Agricultural microbiology correct answers Microbial systematics Which of the following cellular properties is NOT found in all cells? Evolution Metabolism Growth Differentiation correct answers Differentiation