Bio 150 Final Exam Study Guide Accurate 100%(GRADED A+)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek - ANSWER Linen merchant that discovered the first microscope and saw living cells Oswald Avery - ANSWER Worked with strains of Pneumonia to determine genetic changes Robert Koch - ANSWER Correlated specific microbes with infections Gregor Mendel - ANSWER Worked with pea plants to show heredity patterns Carolus Linnaeus - ANSWER Zoologist that created the current naming system Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase - ANSWER Worked with bactiophage to show that DNA not protein was the factor passed on to offspring Louis Pasteur - ANSWER Used heat and a swan neck flask to show that microbes are everywhere James Watson and Francis Crick - ANSWER Finally determined the structure of DNA The term that describes the microbes that live on and in our bodies is our.... - ANSWER normal flora Which of the following would be consistent with the notion of spontaneous generation A) Disinfection practices are essential to preventing the spread of microorganisms. B) Microorganisms may be cultivated on solid laboratory media. C) Sick people give rise to microorganisms in their body. D) Viruses are not types of bacteria. - ANSWER C) Sick people give rise to microorganisms in their body. Many of the viruses of human disease were isolated and observed during the Golden Age of Microbiology. True or False - ANSWER FALSE The binomial system of nomenclature for microorganisms utilizes: - ANSWER The genus and species modifier. The correct way to write the name of a bacterium in the Binomial System is: - ANSWER Escherichia coli (italics)