Microbes/Viruses Test 1

Question 1

Varicella-Zoster Virus 1

Answer 1

• Virus that causes Chickenpox/Shingles
• (100 nm)

Question 2

Prochlorococcus

Answer 2

• Photosynthetic marine bacterium
• (500 nm)

Question 3

Escherichia Coli

Answer 3

• Bacterium growing within human intestine
• (2 Micrometers)

Question 4

Spirogyra

Answer 4

• Aquatic Alga that forms long filaments of cells
• (5 cm)

Question 5

Pelomyxa

Answer 5

• Ameba (A protist) that consumes bacteria in soil or water
• (5 mm)

Question 6

Haemophilus Influenzae

Answer 6

• Causes meningitis, bronchitis, etc.
• First genome sequence of a cellular microbe

Question 7

Yersinia Pestis

Answer 7

• Caused Bubonic plague in 14th century

Question 8

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Answer 8

• Caused Tuberculosis

Question 9

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Answer 9

• Causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)

Question 10

Penicillium

Answer 10

• Mold that generated a substance that kills bacterium
• Led to penicillin

Question 11

Bacteroides

Answer 11

• Genus of bacteria that is commonly found in guts of animals and humans and aids in digestion
• Has pathogenic potential