Introduction to Microbiology

Question 1

study of MICROORGANISM /

MICROBES

Answer 1

Microbiology

Question 2

small organisms that can not

be seen by the naked eye

Answer 2

Microbiology

Question 3

microbes that cause diseases

Answer 3

Pathogens

Question 4

microbes that do not cause

disease

Answer 4

Nonpathogens

Question 5

microbes that live on and in the human body

Answer 5

Indigenous microbiota

Question 6

do not cause disease under ordinary conditions

Answer 6

Opportunistic pathogens

Question 7

study of viruses

Answer 7

virology

Question 8

study of bacteria

Answer 8

bacteriology

Question 9

study of fungi

Answer 9

mycology

Question 10

study of protozoa

Answer 10

protozoology

Question 11

study of algae

Answer 11

phycology

Question 12

discovered microscope

“ Cell Theory “

Answer 12

Robert Hooke

Question 13

“ single-lens microscope”

observes accurate description of bacteria, protozoa, fungi

Answer 13

Anton Von Leeuwenhoek

Question 14

discovered smallpox vaccine

Answer 14

Edward Jenner

Question 15

aerobes and anaerobes

Pasteurization

Answer 15

Louis Pasteur

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antiseptic procedures to prevent “childbirth” fever

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Ignaz Philip Semmelweis

Question 17

aseptic surgery

Answer 17

joseph Lister

Question 18

Koch’s postulate

Answer 18

Robert Koch

Question 19

developed the Gram stain technique

Answer 19

Hans Christian Gram

Question 20

developed the Petri dish

Answer 20

Richard Petri

Question 21

Salvarsan

= antibiotic for Syphylis

Answer 21

Paul Ehrlich

Question 22

Penicillin antibiotic from the mold 
Penicillium notatum ( fungi )

Answer 22

Alexander Fleming