Microbio 2100 Exam 1 with correct
answers
A compound light measure magnifies through the objective lens and the ? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔ocular lens
The microbe is always an obligate intracellular parasite - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Virus
This genus contains bacteria causing TB and Leprosy - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Mycobacterium
This is the function of the condenser - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Focus the light beam onto the
specimen
A disease that has become more common in the last several decades - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs)
This disease has been successfully eradicated thanks to a global vaccination campaign - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Small pox
This organism has a membrane bound nucleus - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Algae
How does a bacterial ribosome differ from a eukaryotic ribosome? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔It
is smaller
How is a differential stain differently from a sample stain? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔A
differential stain is used to distinguish different types of bacteria
Yeast levens bread through the process of - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Fermentation
,An organism used in a lab environment for genetic studies under controlled circumstances - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Model organism
This is a similarity between bacteria and archaea - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔They are
prokaryotic
Endospores are formed by what bacteria - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Bacillus
What is a decolorizer in the gram stain? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Alcohol
This is increased by staining - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Contrast
What is prevented by the use of immersion oil? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Light scatter
This scientist wrote the book "Microphagia" in England in the 1600's - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Robert Hooke
An LPS layer is often found in this type of bacterium - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Gram negative
This acellular microbe causes plant disease - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Viroid
This microbe is acellular - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Prion
What is the genus name of Streptococcus epidermis? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Streptococcus
This enzyme protects against infection - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Lysozyme
Allows protection from the host immune system and dehydration - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Capsule
, This type of microscope magnifies about 1000 times - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Light
microscope
This is the color of gram negative bacteria in a gram stain - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Pink
What is the benefit of nitrogen fixation? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Plants and algae grow
better
The ability to distinguish two objects that are very close together - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Resolution
Who coined the expression "animalcules" - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Leeuwenhoek
Used as a primary stain in gram staining - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Crystal violet
How does the object appear with dark-field microscopy? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Light
against a dark background
This bacteria is comma shaped - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Vibrio
Bacterial movement in response to nutrients - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Chemotaxis
location of the bacterial chromosome and cellular site of transcription - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Nucleoid
This experiment put an end to the spontaneous generation belief - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Swan neck flask experiment
Why is decomposition important? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Nutrients get recycled back into
the ecosystem
answers
A compound light measure magnifies through the objective lens and the ? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔ocular lens
The microbe is always an obligate intracellular parasite - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Virus
This genus contains bacteria causing TB and Leprosy - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Mycobacterium
This is the function of the condenser - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Focus the light beam onto the
specimen
A disease that has become more common in the last several decades - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs)
This disease has been successfully eradicated thanks to a global vaccination campaign - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Small pox
This organism has a membrane bound nucleus - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Algae
How does a bacterial ribosome differ from a eukaryotic ribosome? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔It
is smaller
How is a differential stain differently from a sample stain? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔A
differential stain is used to distinguish different types of bacteria
Yeast levens bread through the process of - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Fermentation
,An organism used in a lab environment for genetic studies under controlled circumstances - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Model organism
This is a similarity between bacteria and archaea - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔They are
prokaryotic
Endospores are formed by what bacteria - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Bacillus
What is a decolorizer in the gram stain? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Alcohol
This is increased by staining - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Contrast
What is prevented by the use of immersion oil? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Light scatter
This scientist wrote the book "Microphagia" in England in the 1600's - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Robert Hooke
An LPS layer is often found in this type of bacterium - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Gram negative
This acellular microbe causes plant disease - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Viroid
This microbe is acellular - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Prion
What is the genus name of Streptococcus epidermis? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Streptococcus
This enzyme protects against infection - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Lysozyme
Allows protection from the host immune system and dehydration - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Capsule
, This type of microscope magnifies about 1000 times - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Light
microscope
This is the color of gram negative bacteria in a gram stain - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Pink
What is the benefit of nitrogen fixation? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Plants and algae grow
better
The ability to distinguish two objects that are very close together - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Resolution
Who coined the expression "animalcules" - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Leeuwenhoek
Used as a primary stain in gram staining - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Crystal violet
How does the object appear with dark-field microscopy? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Light
against a dark background
This bacteria is comma shaped - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Vibrio
Bacterial movement in response to nutrients - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Chemotaxis
location of the bacterial chromosome and cellular site of transcription - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Nucleoid
This experiment put an end to the spontaneous generation belief - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Swan neck flask experiment
Why is decomposition important? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Nutrients get recycled back into
the ecosystem
