1. Definition And Concepts Of Microbiology

Question 0

Which branch of microbiology involves the study of bacteria?

Answer 0

Bacteriology

Question 1

What is the specialized area of biology that studies living things too small to be seen without magnification?

Answer 1

Microbiology

Question 2

Identification, classification and characterization of bacterial species are aspects of which subdivision of microbiology?

Answer 2

Bacteriology

Question 3

What is mycology

Answer 3

The study of fungi

Question 4

Genetic properties, biochemical properties, and taxonomy are a part of which subdivision of microbiology

Answer 4

Mycology

Question 5

What is protozoology

Answer 5

The branch of microbiology studying a group of unicellular eukaryotic organisms

Question 6

Virology is the study of viruses and their (5 things)

Answer 6

Structure
Classification
Evolution
Ways to infect and exploit host cells for reproduction
Interaction with host organism physiology and immunity

Question 7

What is parasitology

Answer 7

The study of parasites, their hosts and that relationship between them

Question 8

What is the study of algae

Answer 8

Phycology or algology

Question 9

What does microbial morphology refer to?

Answer 9

The size, shape and arrangement of bacteria

Question 10

What does microbial physiology study?

Answer 10

The function of bacteria at the cellular and molecular level

Question 11

What does microbial taxonomy study (3 things)

Answer 11

Classification
Naming
Identification of microorganism

Question 12

What studies the function of genetic material and the biochemical reactions of cells involved in metabolism and growth

Answer 12

Microbial genetics, molecular biology

Question 13

Microbial ecology studies the interrelationships between _____ and _____, and the roles of microorganisms in the nutrient cycles of soil, water and other natural communities

Answer 13

microbes, the environment

Question 14

What division of applied microbiology studies the body’s defines that protect against infection

Answer 14

immunology

Question 15

What does epidemiology study?

Answer 15

How to monitor and control the spread of diseases in communities

Question 16

The study of the role of microbes, both beneficial and harmful, in consumable food and drink is?

Answer 16

Food Microbiology

Question 17

Agricultural Microbiology studies the interrelationship between _____ and _____,
With an emphasis on ____________________________.
It uses microbes which are (HARMFUL or NOT HARMFUL) to humans to kill pests

Answer 17

Microbes and crops
improving yield and combating plant diseases
NOT harmful

Question 18

The use of microbes to produce or harvest large quantities of useful and necessary materials such as vitamins, amino acids, drugs, enzymes is studied in what section of microbiology?
What is an example of this

Answer 18

Industrial Microbiology

Ex. create bacteria to clean up oil spill

Question 19

What division of applied microbiology studies techniques that deliberately alter the genetic makeup of organisms to induce new compounds, different genetic combinations, and even unique organisms

Answer 19

Genetic Engineering