MCB2010 Test #1 Questions with complete solutions

What is the proper way to write bacteria? Correct Answer-Genus is capitalized, specific epithet is lowercase, everything is italicized Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Correct Answer-Using his handcrafted microscopes, he was the first to observe and describe microorganisms. Considered the Grandfather of Microbiology Louis Pasteur Correct Answer-demonstrated that microorganisms are present in the air, support biogenesis Robert Koch Correct Answer-provided the experimental steps, Koch's postulates, to prove that a specific microbe causes a specific disease Joseph Lister Correct Answer-used a chemical disinfectant to prevent surgical wound infections Edward Jenner Correct Answer-made the first vaccine from cowpox to protect people from smallpox. Paul Ehrlich Correct Answer-speculated about a "magic bullet" that could destroy a pathogen without harming the host and later developed a synthetic arsenic drug, salvarsan, to treat syphilis. Pioneer of Chemotherapy Archaea Correct Answer-Prokaryo