Tholen, UTA Microbiology exam 1 (ch 1,2,3,7);
Questions and Answers % Correct
Microbiology Correct answer-The study of microscopic organisms. Have ubiquitous
nature (everywhere), some beneficial, some neutral, some pathogenic (disease-causing)
Antoine van Leeuwenhoek Correct answer-Father of microbiology. Invented a microscope
strong enough to view microbes "animalcules".
Giralamo Fracastoro Correct answer-Regarded as first person to formally postulate that
disease was spread by tiny invisible seminaria "seeds of contagion".
Robert Hooke Correct answer-First to observe cells.
Louis Pasteur Correct answer-A French chemist, this man discovered that heat could kill
bacteria that otherwise spoiled liquids including milk, wine, and beer. Showed that microbial
strains were unique, performed fermentation, and began the development of pasteurization
and vaccines.
Robert Koch Correct answer-Developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens.
First to connect microbe with a specific disease. Discovered causative agent for anthrax, cholera,
and tuberculosis.
Taxonomy Correct answer-The scientific study of how living things are classified
, Tholen, UTA Microbiology exam 1 (ch 1,2,3,7);
Questions and Answers % Correct
Carolus Linneaus Correct answer-The "Father of Taxonomy". He came up with our
modern day system of classification called Binomial Nomenclature. Most famous early
taxonomists. Divided 3 kingdoms animal, plant, and mineral. Sublevels: kingdom, class, order,
family, genus, species
Phylogeny Correct answer-The evolutionary history of a species or group of related
species.
Ernst Haeckel Correct answer-Father of ecology. Proposed another kingdom, protista,
later monera.
Robert Whittaker Correct answer-added fungi as a 5th kingdom of eukaryotic microbes.
Divided kingdoms into prokaryote (monera) and eukaryote (fungi, protista, plantae, animalia)
Carl Woese and George Fox Correct answer-Studied the small subunit of the ribosome
Proposed a separate taxonomic unit: Archaea.
Also proposed a new taxonomic system representing three domains: bacteria, archaea, and
eukarya.
Binomial nomenclature Correct answer-Classification system in which each species is
assigned a two-part scientific name. (Written in italics, Genus is capitalized, species lower case)
Questions and Answers % Correct
Microbiology Correct answer-The study of microscopic organisms. Have ubiquitous
nature (everywhere), some beneficial, some neutral, some pathogenic (disease-causing)
Antoine van Leeuwenhoek Correct answer-Father of microbiology. Invented a microscope
strong enough to view microbes "animalcules".
Giralamo Fracastoro Correct answer-Regarded as first person to formally postulate that
disease was spread by tiny invisible seminaria "seeds of contagion".
Robert Hooke Correct answer-First to observe cells.
Louis Pasteur Correct answer-A French chemist, this man discovered that heat could kill
bacteria that otherwise spoiled liquids including milk, wine, and beer. Showed that microbial
strains were unique, performed fermentation, and began the development of pasteurization
and vaccines.
Robert Koch Correct answer-Developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens.
First to connect microbe with a specific disease. Discovered causative agent for anthrax, cholera,
and tuberculosis.
Taxonomy Correct answer-The scientific study of how living things are classified
, Tholen, UTA Microbiology exam 1 (ch 1,2,3,7);
Questions and Answers % Correct
Carolus Linneaus Correct answer-The "Father of Taxonomy". He came up with our
modern day system of classification called Binomial Nomenclature. Most famous early
taxonomists. Divided 3 kingdoms animal, plant, and mineral. Sublevels: kingdom, class, order,
family, genus, species
Phylogeny Correct answer-The evolutionary history of a species or group of related
species.
Ernst Haeckel Correct answer-Father of ecology. Proposed another kingdom, protista,
later monera.
Robert Whittaker Correct answer-added fungi as a 5th kingdom of eukaryotic microbes.
Divided kingdoms into prokaryote (monera) and eukaryote (fungi, protista, plantae, animalia)
Carl Woese and George Fox Correct answer-Studied the small subunit of the ribosome
Proposed a separate taxonomic unit: Archaea.
Also proposed a new taxonomic system representing three domains: bacteria, archaea, and
eukarya.
Binomial nomenclature Correct answer-Classification system in which each species is
assigned a two-part scientific name. (Written in italics, Genus is capitalized, species lower case)
