MICROBIOLOGY 3 - The Cell (OpenStax - Microbiology)

MICROBIOLOGY 3 - The Cell (OpenStax -
Microbiology)
MICROBIOLOGY 3 - The Cell (OpenStax -
Microbiology)
1. Which of the following individuals argued in favor of the theory of spontaneous generation?



A. Francesco Redi

B. Louis Pasteur

C. John Needham

D. Lazzaro Spallanzani - ANSWER C. John Needham



2. Which of the following individuals is credited for definitively refuting the theory of spontaneous
generation using broth in swan-neck flask?



A. Aristotle

B. Jan Baptista van Helmont

C. John Needham

D. Louis Pasteur - ANSWER D. Louis Pasteur



3. Which of the following scientists experimented with raw meat, maggots, and flies in an attempt to
disprove the theory of spontaneous generation?



A. Aristotle

B. Lazzaro Spallanzani

C. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

D. Francesco Redi - ANSWER D. Francesco Redi



4. Which of the following individuals did not contribute to the establishment of cell theory?

, MICROBIOLOGY 3 - The Cell (OpenStax -
Microbiology)
A. Girolamo Fracastoro

B. Matthias Schleiden

C. Robert Remak

D. Robert Hooke - ANSWER A. Girolamo Fracastoro



5. Whose proposal of the endosymbiotic theory of mitochondrial and chloroplast origin was ultimately
accepted by the greater scientific community?



A. Rudolf Virchow

B. Ignaz Semmelweis

C. Lynn Margulis

D. Theodor Schwann - ANSWER C. Lynn Margulis



6. Which of the following developed a set of postulates for determining whether a particular disease is
caused by a particular pathogen?



A. John Snow

B. Robert Koch

C. Joseph Lister

D. Louis Pasteur - ANSWER B. Robert Koch



7. Which of the following terms refers to a prokaryotic cell that is comma shaped?



A. coccus

B. coccobacilli

C. vibrio

D. spirillum - ANSWER C. vibrio