Lecture 1

Question 1

What are microboes?

Answer 1

living things that are too small to be seen by the naked eye; they are found everywhere; need them to live

Question 2

What are pathogens?

Answer 2

Microbes that cause disease

Question 3

What are the 6 types of microbes?

Answer 3

Bacteria, archaea, algae, fungi, protozoa, & viruses

Question 4

What is a prokaryote?

Answer 4

bacteria, usually, single-celled, no true nucleus

Question 5

What is a eukaryote?

Answer 5

is a more complex cell that has a nucleus

Question 6

Is a bacteria pro or euk?

Answer 6

Pro

Question 7

Is archaea pro or euk?

Answer 7

Pro

Question 8

Is algaea pro or euk?

Answer 8

euk

Question 9

is Fungi pro or euk?

Answer 9

Euk

Question 10

is Protozoa pro or euk?

Answer 10

euk

Question 11

Is viruses pro or euk?

Answer 11

neither; acellular bc not technically alive

Question 12

are helminths pro or euk?

Answer 12

Euk

Question 13

Do archaea live in regular or harsh environments?

Answer 13

Harsh

Question 14

Does algae do photosynthesis?

Answer 14

yes

Question 15

Does fungi perform photosynthesis?

Answer 15

no

Question 16

Do protozoa perform photosynthesis?

Answer 16

no

Question 17

Do protozoa have flagella and cillia?

Answer 17

yes

Question 18

Are viruses cellular in structure?

Answer 18

no

Question 19

are viruses smaller or bigger than bacteria?

Answer 19

smaller

Question 20

What is a prion?

Answer 20

a misshappened protein; they are poorly understood; slowly develop always fatal diseases

Question 21

What are helminths?

Answer 21

Worms; round or flat

Question 22

What are arthropod vectors?

Answer 22

Vectors that transmit pathogens to humans

Question 23

READ 13-23 FOR EXAM

Answer 23

DO IT

Question 24

Antony Van Leeuwenhoek

Answer 24

made handheld microscopes that made it possible to see microbes

Question 25

What is spontaneous Generation?

Answer 25

when living things come from nonliving matter

Question 26

Who was spontaneous generation from?

Answer 26

Aristotle

Question 27

What is pasteur known for doing?

Answer 27

he proved spontaneous generation does not occur even in the presence of air.

Question 28

What is Koch known for?

Answer 28

he proved microbes cause disease; developed a pure culture

Question 29

What are Koch’s postulates?

Answer 29

1. The suspected organisms should be present in all cases of the disease and absent in healthy animals
2. The suspected organism should be grown in pure culture
3. Cells from a pure culture of the suspected organism should cause disease in a healthy animal
4. The organism should be reisolated and shown to be the same as the original

Question 30

What is variolation

Answer 30

induce mild small pox to avoid potent form

Question 31

What is Jenner known for?

Answer 31

vaccinations (cowpox to prevent small pox)

Question 32

When was chemotherapy developed

Answer 32

in the 1900s (syphilis first treated)

Question 33

What is Iwanowski known for?

Answer 33

Virology; called infectious particles

Question 34

What is taxonomy?

Answer 34

naming microorganisms

Question 35

What are the 7 levels of taxonomy?

Answer 35

1. Kingdom
2. Phylum
3. Class
4. Order
5. Family
6. Genus
7. Species

Question 36

What levels of taxonomy do we primarily use to classify our microorganisms?

Answer 36

Genus and species