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1
Q

Specialized area of biology that deals with living

things too small to be seen without magnification

A

Microbiology

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2
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Microbes that cause disease

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Pathogens

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3
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The system used to name all living things

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Binomial Nomenclature

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4
Q

The first name designates the ______ of an

organism and its first letter is capitalized

A

Genus

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5
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The second name is the ______, and it is lowercase

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Epithet

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6
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Together genus + epithet = _______

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Species

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7
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A subgroup of a species with one or more
characteristics that distinguish it from other
subgroups of the same species.

A

Strain

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8
Q

Circular bacteria are known as having ______ morphology.

A

Coccus

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9
Q

Rod like bacteria are known as having ______ morphology.

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Bacillus

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10
Q

Bacteria with a clustered grape like arrangement

A

Staphylo

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11
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Bacteria with a chain arrangement

A

Strepto

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12
Q

Curved rod like bacteria are known as having ______ morphology.

A

Vibrio

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13
Q

Spiral shaped bacteria are known as having ______ morphology.

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Spirillum

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14
Q

The belief that invisible life forces present in

matter led to the creation of life

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Spontaneous generation

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15
Q

States that microorganisms can invade other

organisms to cause disease

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Germ theory of disease

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16
Q

The first person to challenge the theory of
spontaneous generation by demonstrating that
maggots came from eggs of flies

A

Francesco Redi

17
Q

Used Swan-necked flask experiments to

disprove abiogenesis/Spontaneous generation

A

Louis Pasteur

18
Q

Manufactured simple microscopes and Observed

“animacules”

A

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

19
Q

Father of aseptic surgery techniques

A

Joseph Lister

20
Q

Created first immunization.

A

Edward Jenner

21
Q

Used chemotherapy to kill bacteria and prevent

disease.

A

Paul Ehrlich

22
Q

A series of logical steps that establish whether or
not an organism is pathogenic and which disease it
caused.

A

Koch’s Postulates

23
Q

Microorganisms that live on or in our body and do not cause us harm are known as

A

Normal Biota

24
Q

His best-known discoveries are lysozyme and penicillin

A

Alexander Fleming

25
Q

Viruses that infect and kill bacteria

A

Bacteriophages

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