Microbes

Question 1

What are the different catagories of microorganisms?

Answer 1

Aglae
Archaea
Bacteria
Fungi
Protozoa
Small animals
Viruses

Question 2

What are the two types of microbes?

Answer 2

Eukaryotic and prokaryoting cells

Question 3

Do both cell types have DNA?

Answer 3

Yes

Question 4

Do eukaryotes have membrane bound organelles?

Answer 4

Yes

Question 5

Are euakryotes or proakryotes larger?

Answer 5

Eukaryotic cells

Question 6

Who is Antonie van Leewenhoek?

Answer 6

The first microbiologist in 1632 - 1723

Question 7

What is louis Pasteur 1822 - 1895’s theory of where microbes come from?

Answer 7

Bread, cheese left in a dark corner would generate mice and maggots on meat

Question 8

Does Pasteur show that spontaneous generation occur?

Answer 8

No

Question 9

What did Pasteur invent?

Answer 9

Pasturisation

Question 10

Who invented the germs theory and the concept of infectious bacteria?

Answer 10

Robert Koch

Question 11

What did Robert Koch identify?

Answer 11

The causative agents of tuberculosis, cholera and anthrax

Question 12

What are the benifits of microbes?

Answer 12

Nutrient cycle - carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle
Promote plant growth - food
Fermentation - beer and wine
Bread
Cheese
Drugs

Question 13

What is the coleration of microbes and forensics?

Answer 13

The decomposition of remains and the rate of decay
Bioterrorism - anthrax release
Amplifying DNA
Contamination of water sources