Chapter 1

Question 1

referred sometimes to the microbes that causes disease

Answer 1

Germs

Question 2

scientific term for disease-causing microbes

Answer 2

pathogens

Question 3

microbes that do not cause diseases

• vast majority of microbes

Answer 3

non-pathogens

Question 4

Microbes that live on and in our bodies are referred to as our

Answer 4

indigenous microbiota

Question 5

Pathogens cause two categories of diseases

Answer 5

infectious disease and microbial intoxications

Question 6

father of microbiology
- made many simple single-lens microscopes
- observed “animalcules” (bacteria and protozoa)

Answer 6

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

Question 7

french chemist who made numerous contributions to microbiology
- made significant contributions to the germ theory disease
- discovered that bacillus anthracis produced spores
- developed methods of fixing and staining bacteria - cultivate bacteria

Answer 7

Louis Pasteur