Microbiology Exam 1 Mcgraw Hill questions exam with correct answers

MicrobiologyExam1McgrawHill
questionsexamwithcorrectanswers

AntoonievanLeeuwenhoekfungi-correct answer✔✔SelecttheindividualbelowthatwasaDutch
linenmerchantwhogroundglasslensestoeverfinerspecificationssothathewasabletodevelopa
microscope forobservinganddescribinglivingmicroscopic animalcules.



Biotechnology-correct answer✔✔Thetermusedtodescribethebroadfieldofsciencethatemploys
thehumanmanipulationofmicrobesforuseinindustrialprocesses.



Themajorgroupsofmicroorganisms studiedbymicrobiologists includebacteriaandarchaea,algae,
helminths,protozoans,viruses, and_______.-correct answer✔✔fungi



Please choosethetermthatdescribesthesystemofarrangingandnamingorganisms.-correct
answer✔✔taxacomny



Mostmicroorganismsthatarefoundinandonhumansdonotcauseharmandcansometimesbenefit
thehost.true/false-correct answer✔✔true



Selectallanswersthatarerolesplayedbymicroorganismsinourenvironment.

a.carryoutphotosynthesis

b.biologicaldecomposition

c.nutrientrecycling

d.complexrelationships withanimalsbutnotplants-correct answer✔✔a.carryoutphotosynthesis

b.biologicaldecomposition

c.nutrientrecycling

, Whichofthefollowingchoicesisacorrectwaytodenotethebinomial nameofamicroorganism? -
correct answer✔✔(italicized)Staphylococcusaureus



Thescientific nameofamicroorganismisacombinationofthe_____name,whichiscapitalized,
followedbythe_____name,whichbeginswithalowercaseletter.-correct answer✔✔genus,species



physicalstate(media)-correct answer✔✔-Liquid-broth;doesnotsolidify



-Semisolid-containssolidifyingagent



-Solid-firmsurfaceorcolonyformation,containssolidifyingagent,liquefiable andnonliquefiable



functionaltype(media)-correct answer✔✔general purpose

enriched

selective

differential

anaerobicgrowth

specimentransport

assay

enumeration



chemicalcomposition(media)-correct answer✔✔synthetic(chemicallydefined)

complex(nonsynthetic,orchemicallydefined)



Whichrepresentthe5I'sofculturingmicroorganisms?-correct answer✔✔Inoculation

Incubation

Isolation