MBIO 3401 Exam 1 UPDATED Questions and
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Florence Nightingale was the first to recognize the
What is Florence Nightingale significance of disease in warfare. She founded the
famous for?
science of medical statistics and devised the polar
area chart to show that the deaths of soldiers was
due to various causes.
Built the first compound
What is Robert Hooke famous microscope. Coined the
for?
term "cell".
Published the first manuscript that illustrated objects under the
microscope.
First to observe single-cell microbes moving around. He
observed samples from his mouth under the
What is Antonie Van
microscope, saw them moving around and called
Leeuwenhoek famous for?
them small
animals.
He built the first primitive microscope with the intention
to observe fine fabrics (he was a cloth draper).
Who discovered the microbial Louis Pasteur. He built a swan-neck flask and showed
basis of that after boiling, the contents remain free of microbial
fermentation? How did this
growth despite access to air.
person do this?
Francesco Redi: showed that maggots in decaying meat were the
offspring of flies.
What scientists disproved Lazzaro Spallanzani: showed that a sealed flask of meat
the theory of spontaneous broth sterilized by boiling failed to grow microbes.
generation of microbes?
Louis Pasteur: showed that after boiling, the contents in
the swan neck flask remain free of microbial growth.
Who is considered the Louis Pasteur.
Founding Father of
Microbiology?
,What is the Germ Theory of That many diseases are caused by microbes (most infectious
Disease? diseases).
Who is the founder of the Robert Koch.
scientific method of
microbiology?
Koch's Postulates are a series of criteria (scientific
What is the purpose of Koch's
Postulates? method) for whether a specific microbe is responsible
for a specific disease.
1. The microbe is found in call cases of the disease,
but is absent from health individuals.
List Koch's Postulates in 2. The microbe is isolated from the diseased host and grown in
pure culture.
order for defining the
causative agent of a
3. When the microbe is introduced into a healthy host, the same
disease. disease occurs.
The same strain of microbe is obtained from the newly diseased
4.
host.
Who was the first scientist Louis Pasteur. He developed Fowl Cholera vaccination and Rabies
to develop the first vaccine vaccination.
based on attenuated
strains? What two
vaccinations did he
develop?
The stimulation of an immune response by deliberate
Define immunization
inoculation with an attenuated pathogen.
Who discovered that Alexander Fleming.
Penicillium mold
generated a substance that
kills bacteria?
Who purified penicillin and Howard Florey and Ernst Chain.
made it the first commercial
antibiotic to save human
lives?
Who first used solid medium Angelina and Walther Hesse.
using agar to grow pure
cultures of microbes?
, Light focuses onto retina where photoreceptor cells fire
How does the human eye
observe images? signals that are transmitted to optic nerve to the
brain to generate images.
CORRECT Answers Latest Update
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Florence Nightingale was the first to recognize the
What is Florence Nightingale significance of disease in warfare. She founded the
famous for?
science of medical statistics and devised the polar
area chart to show that the deaths of soldiers was
due to various causes.
Built the first compound
What is Robert Hooke famous microscope. Coined the
for?
term "cell".
Published the first manuscript that illustrated objects under the
microscope.
First to observe single-cell microbes moving around. He
observed samples from his mouth under the
What is Antonie Van
microscope, saw them moving around and called
Leeuwenhoek famous for?
them small
animals.
He built the first primitive microscope with the intention
to observe fine fabrics (he was a cloth draper).
Who discovered the microbial Louis Pasteur. He built a swan-neck flask and showed
basis of that after boiling, the contents remain free of microbial
fermentation? How did this
growth despite access to air.
person do this?
Francesco Redi: showed that maggots in decaying meat were the
offspring of flies.
What scientists disproved Lazzaro Spallanzani: showed that a sealed flask of meat
the theory of spontaneous broth sterilized by boiling failed to grow microbes.
generation of microbes?
Louis Pasteur: showed that after boiling, the contents in
the swan neck flask remain free of microbial growth.
Who is considered the Louis Pasteur.
Founding Father of
Microbiology?
,What is the Germ Theory of That many diseases are caused by microbes (most infectious
Disease? diseases).
Who is the founder of the Robert Koch.
scientific method of
microbiology?
Koch's Postulates are a series of criteria (scientific
What is the purpose of Koch's
Postulates? method) for whether a specific microbe is responsible
for a specific disease.
1. The microbe is found in call cases of the disease,
but is absent from health individuals.
List Koch's Postulates in 2. The microbe is isolated from the diseased host and grown in
pure culture.
order for defining the
causative agent of a
3. When the microbe is introduced into a healthy host, the same
disease. disease occurs.
The same strain of microbe is obtained from the newly diseased
4.
host.
Who was the first scientist Louis Pasteur. He developed Fowl Cholera vaccination and Rabies
to develop the first vaccine vaccination.
based on attenuated
strains? What two
vaccinations did he
develop?
The stimulation of an immune response by deliberate
Define immunization
inoculation with an attenuated pathogen.
Who discovered that Alexander Fleming.
Penicillium mold
generated a substance that
kills bacteria?
Who purified penicillin and Howard Florey and Ernst Chain.
made it the first commercial
antibiotic to save human
lives?
Who first used solid medium Angelina and Walther Hesse.
using agar to grow pure
cultures of microbes?
, Light focuses onto retina where photoreceptor cells fire
How does the human eye
observe images? signals that are transmitted to optic nerve to the
brain to generate images.
