chap 1

Question 1

study of microbes

Answer 1

microbiology

Question 2

extremely small living and certain non-living entities

Answer 2

microbes

Question 3

they are said to be ubiquitous

Answer 3

microbes

Question 4

two types of microbes

Answer 4

cellular and acellular

Question 5

living microbes

Answer 5

cellular

Question 6

prokaryotes are what type of microbe

Answer 6

cellular

Question 7

eukaryotes are what type of microbe?

Answer 7

cellular

Question 8

give examples of cellular microbes

Answer 8

fungi, bacteria, virus, algae, protozoa, archaea

Question 9

non living microbes

Answer 9

acellular

Question 10

are prokaryotes unicellular or multicellular?

Answer 10

unicellular

Question 11

are eukaryotes unicellular or multicellular?

Answer 11

multicellular

Question 12

infectuous particles

Answer 12

acellular microbes

Question 13

give examples of acellular microbes

Answer 13

viroids, HIV/AIDS virus, prions

Question 14

microbes that causes disease

Answer 14

Pathogens

Question 15

give examples of pathogens

Answer 15

virus, algae, bacteria, protozoa, fungi

Question 16

microbes that do not cause disease

Answer 16

non pathogens

Question 17

microbes that live on and in the human body

Answer 17

indigenous microflora

Question 18

microbes that do not cause disease but have the potential

Answer 18

opportunistic pathogens

Question 19

decomposers

Answer 19

saprophytes

Question 20

capable of decomposing industrial wastes

Answer 20

bioremediation

Question 21

microbe that lives in the intestinal tract

Answer 21

e. coli bacteria

Question 22

what do e. coli bacteria produce and how does it help the body?

Answer 22

produces vit. K and B1
aids in digestion

Question 23

produced by a microbe that kills or inhibits the growth of other microbes

Answer 23

antibiotic

Question 24

a gene/genes from one organism to another through insertion

Answer 24

genetic engineering

Question 25

two major types of diseases caused by pathogens

Answer 25

infectious diseases
microbial intoxication

Question 26

colonizes a body

Answer 26

infectious disease

Question 27

pathogen that causes a disease

Answer 27

infectious disease

Question 28

produces a toxin in vitro

Answer 28

microbial intoxication

Question 29

the toxin causes a disease when ingested

Answer 29

microbial intoxication

Question 30

first two microorganisms on earth

Answer 30

archaea
cyanobacteria

Question 31

earliest known infectious diseases

Answer 31

pestilence
bubonic plague
syphilis

Question 32

pioneers in the science of microbiology

Answer 32

anton van leeuwenhoek
louis pasteur
robert koch

Question 33

father of microbiology

Answer 33

anton van leeuwenhoek

Question 34

simple single lens microscope

Answer 34

anton van leeuwenhoek

Question 35

animalcules

Answer 35

anton van leeuwenhoek

Question 36

two types of animalcules

Answer 36

bacteria and protozoa

Question 37

french chemist

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louis pasteur

Question 38

fermentation products

Answer 38

louis pasteur

Question 39

pasteurization process

Answer 39

louis pasteur

Question 40

discovered anaerobes

Answer 40

louis pasteur

Question 41

exists without oxygen

Answer 41

anaerobes

Question 42

developed vaccines

Answer 42

louis pasteur

Question 43

german physician

Answer 43

robert koch

Question 44

germ theory of disease

Answer 44

robert koch

Question 45

bacillus anthracis produces spores

Answer 45

robert koch

Question 46

developed fixing, staining, and cultivating bacteria

Answer 46

robert koch

Question 47

koch’s postulates

Answer 47

robert koch

Question 48

involves the study of pathogens

Answer 48

medical microbiology

Question 49

nitrogen fixation

Answer 49

nitrogen goes through soil,
bacteria fixes nitrogen,
dumi from bacteriw will become pataba,
nitrogen returns to surface