Microbiology An Introduction:
12th Edition; Chapter 1 Question
and Answer
Sure 100%
Microbes/microorganisms - correct answer minute living
things that individually are to small to be seen with the
naked eye. Bacteria, fungi (yeasts and molds), protozoa,
microscopic algae, viruses,
pathogenic - correct answer disease producing
genus - correct answer first name always capitalized,
below family and above species in binomial
nomenclature, generic name, the usual major subdivision
of a family or subfamily
species/specific epithet - correct answer second name
never capitalized, below genus, bottom of naming,
bacteria/bacterium - correct answer simple, single
celled organisms, no nucleus, prokaryotes
prokaryotes - correct answer pre-nucleus, micro-
organisms that have no nucleus, bacteria and archaea
, Microbiology An Introduction:
12th Edition; Chapter 1 Question
and Answer
Sure 100%
archaea - correct answer prokaryotic cells, if they have
cell walls no peptidoglycan, found in extreme
environments, 3 main groups methanogens, extreme
halophiles, extreme thremophiles
fungi/fungus - correct answer eukaryotes, cell walls
composed primarily of chitin,
protozoa/protozoan - correct answer unicellular
eukaryote, move by psuedopods, flagella or cilia, either
live as free entities or parasites
algae/alga - correct answer photosynthetic eukaryotes,
with lots of shapes, both sexual and asexual reproductive
forms, usually unicellular, cell walls of many composed of
carbohydrate cellulose
viruses - correct answer very different from eukaryotes
and prokaryotes, so small can only be seen with an
electron microscope, acellular/not cellular, contains core
made of only on nucleic acid RNA or DNA, surrounded by
protein coat, reproduce only by using the cellular
machinery of other organisms, considered living because
12th Edition; Chapter 1 Question
and Answer
Sure 100%
Microbes/microorganisms - correct answer minute living
things that individually are to small to be seen with the
naked eye. Bacteria, fungi (yeasts and molds), protozoa,
microscopic algae, viruses,
pathogenic - correct answer disease producing
genus - correct answer first name always capitalized,
below family and above species in binomial
nomenclature, generic name, the usual major subdivision
of a family or subfamily
species/specific epithet - correct answer second name
never capitalized, below genus, bottom of naming,
bacteria/bacterium - correct answer simple, single
celled organisms, no nucleus, prokaryotes
prokaryotes - correct answer pre-nucleus, micro-
organisms that have no nucleus, bacteria and archaea
, Microbiology An Introduction:
12th Edition; Chapter 1 Question
and Answer
Sure 100%
archaea - correct answer prokaryotic cells, if they have
cell walls no peptidoglycan, found in extreme
environments, 3 main groups methanogens, extreme
halophiles, extreme thremophiles
fungi/fungus - correct answer eukaryotes, cell walls
composed primarily of chitin,
protozoa/protozoan - correct answer unicellular
eukaryote, move by psuedopods, flagella or cilia, either
live as free entities or parasites
algae/alga - correct answer photosynthetic eukaryotes,
with lots of shapes, both sexual and asexual reproductive
forms, usually unicellular, cell walls of many composed of
carbohydrate cellulose
viruses - correct answer very different from eukaryotes
and prokaryotes, so small can only be seen with an
electron microscope, acellular/not cellular, contains core
made of only on nucleic acid RNA or DNA, surrounded by
protein coat, reproduce only by using the cellular
machinery of other organisms, considered living because
