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Microbio 3200 Auburn Exam 1-- Mehari Questions with
Answers (100% Correct Answers)
a living organism that requires a microscope to be seen Answer:
microbe
______ may be ten times smaller than microbial cells Answer: viruses
these contain in its own genome the capacity to reproduce its own
kind; may consist of a single cell Answer: microbe
microbes are normally single celled except when in a _______ Answer:
microbial community
these are considered nonliving microbes Answer: viruses
microbes include members of the three domains: __________ Answer:
bacteria, archaea, eukarya
these domains do not have a true nucleus but they have DNA and RNA
Answer: archaea and bacteria
these microbes are found in foods and beverages Answer: yeast and
bacteria
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this is known as "rock-eating" bacteria and enabled the mining of
metals Answer: lithotrophs
smallpox, yellow fever, flu, polio and HIV, SARS, H1N1, Cholera, Measles,
Ebola, and Zika are examples of _________ Answer: microbial diseases
T/F: more soldiers have died of microbial infections than of wounds in
battle Answer: true
who recognized the significance of disease in warfare? Answer:
Florence Nightingale
who founded the science of medical statistics and devised the polar
area chart? Answer: Florence Nightingale
______ built the first compound microscope and used it to observe mold
Answer: Robert Hooke
_________ coined the term "cell" Answer: Robert Hooke
_______ built the single-lens magnifiers-- complete with sample holder
and focus adjustment Answer: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Leeuwenhoek was the first to observe single-celled microbes and he
called them _______ Answer: small animals
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this is the theory that living creatures could arise without parents
Answer: spontaneous generation
_______ showed that maggots in decaying meat were the offspring of
flies Answer: Francesco Redi
______ showed that a sealed flask of meat broth sterilized by boiling
failed to grow microbes Answer: Lazzaro Spallanzani
___________ discovered the microbial basis of fermentation Answer:
Louis Pasteur
______ devised swan neck flasks and showed that after boiling, the
contents remain free of microbial growth despite access to air Answer:
Louis Pasteur
this theory is that many diseases are caused by microbes Answer: Germ
theory of disease
_____ was a german physician who was the founder of scientific method
in microbiology who applied his methods to numerous lethal diseases
Answer: Robert Koch
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transmission of disease is also known as _______ Answer: chain of
infection
these were the first people to use agar to make a solid-medium for
bacterial growth Answer: Hesse's
This person used a double dish container Answer: Julius Petri
microbe is always present in a diseased host and absent in a healthy
host Answer: kochs 1st postulate
microbes are grown in pure culture-- where no other microbes are
present Answer: kochs 2nd postulate
introduce pure microbes into a healthy host and the individual will
become sick Answer: kochs 3rd postulate
same microbe re-isolated from now-sick individuals Answer: kochs 4th
postulate
smallpox inoculation was introduced to Europe from Turkey by
_________ Answer: Lady Mary Montagu
smallpox inoculation in american colonies was introduced by __________
who was a slave from west africa Answer: Mr. Onesimus
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Microbio 3200 Auburn Exam 1-- Mehari Questions with
Answers (100% Correct Answers)
a living organism that requires a microscope to be seen Answer:
microbe
______ may be ten times smaller than microbial cells Answer: viruses
these contain in its own genome the capacity to reproduce its own
kind; may consist of a single cell Answer: microbe
microbes are normally single celled except when in a _______ Answer:
microbial community
these are considered nonliving microbes Answer: viruses
microbes include members of the three domains: __________ Answer:
bacteria, archaea, eukarya
these domains do not have a true nucleus but they have DNA and RNA
Answer: archaea and bacteria
these microbes are found in foods and beverages Answer: yeast and
bacteria
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this is known as "rock-eating" bacteria and enabled the mining of
metals Answer: lithotrophs
smallpox, yellow fever, flu, polio and HIV, SARS, H1N1, Cholera, Measles,
Ebola, and Zika are examples of _________ Answer: microbial diseases
T/F: more soldiers have died of microbial infections than of wounds in
battle Answer: true
who recognized the significance of disease in warfare? Answer:
Florence Nightingale
who founded the science of medical statistics and devised the polar
area chart? Answer: Florence Nightingale
______ built the first compound microscope and used it to observe mold
Answer: Robert Hooke
_________ coined the term "cell" Answer: Robert Hooke
_______ built the single-lens magnifiers-- complete with sample holder
and focus adjustment Answer: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Leeuwenhoek was the first to observe single-celled microbes and he
called them _______ Answer: small animals
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this is the theory that living creatures could arise without parents
Answer: spontaneous generation
_______ showed that maggots in decaying meat were the offspring of
flies Answer: Francesco Redi
______ showed that a sealed flask of meat broth sterilized by boiling
failed to grow microbes Answer: Lazzaro Spallanzani
___________ discovered the microbial basis of fermentation Answer:
Louis Pasteur
______ devised swan neck flasks and showed that after boiling, the
contents remain free of microbial growth despite access to air Answer:
Louis Pasteur
this theory is that many diseases are caused by microbes Answer: Germ
theory of disease
_____ was a german physician who was the founder of scientific method
in microbiology who applied his methods to numerous lethal diseases
Answer: Robert Koch
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transmission of disease is also known as _______ Answer: chain of
infection
these were the first people to use agar to make a solid-medium for
bacterial growth Answer: Hesse's
This person used a double dish container Answer: Julius Petri
microbe is always present in a diseased host and absent in a healthy
host Answer: kochs 1st postulate
microbes are grown in pure culture-- where no other microbes are
present Answer: kochs 2nd postulate
introduce pure microbes into a healthy host and the individual will
become sick Answer: kochs 3rd postulate
same microbe re-isolated from now-sick individuals Answer: kochs 4th
postulate
smallpox inoculation was introduced to Europe from Turkey by
_________ Answer: Lady Mary Montagu
smallpox inoculation in american colonies was introduced by __________
who was a slave from west africa Answer: Mr. Onesimus
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