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MODULE 1 - Introduction Flashcards

1
Q

What is a microbial fossil of granular silica that is 3.5 billion years old?

A

Swartkoppie Cherts

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2
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What is concerned with the relationship of organisms with their environment?

A

Microbial Ecology

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3
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Who developed a vaccine for various diseases via attenuation techniques?

A

Louis Pasteur

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4
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Microbes produced energy and carbon via photosynthesis to areas with absence to light -

A

Microbial Ecology

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5
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Neutrophils elevate during bacterial infection -

A

Immunology

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6
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Diagnosis and treatment to protect and prevent infectious diseases caused by pathogenic microbes

A

Public Health Microbiology

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7
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Microbial solutions enable farmers ways to protect their crops from pests and diseases

A

Agricultural Microbiology

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8
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Microbes can be used to create high-value products such as drugs, chemicals and fuel -

A

Industrial Microbiology

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9
Q

Which of the following is NOT an importance of bacteria?
A. Not found anywhere in the planet
B. Causes disease in animals and plants
C. Contribute to the oxygen supply since some are able to photosynthesize

A

A. Not found anywhere in the planet

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10
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Who designed to prevent microorganisms from entering wounds by developing a system of surgery?

A

Joseph Lister

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11
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Who performed the Swan neck-flask experiment?

A

Louis Pasteur

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12
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Who is considered the Father of Microbiology and the Father of Microscopy?

A

Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek

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13
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What is concerned with the control and spread of communicable disease?

A

Public Health Microbiology

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14
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Who discredited Spontaneous generation / segregation?

A

Francisco Redi

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15
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What are the earliest molecules?

A

RNA

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16
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Which of the following is NOT an acellular microorganism?

A

Protists

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17
Q

What is the root or origin of modern life as a bacterial branch of controversial nature?

A

Last Universal Common Ancestor

18
Q

Who established the relationship between Bacillus anthracis and anthrax?

A

Robert Koch

19
Q

Who discovered the bacteria-engulfing phagocytic cells in the blood?

A

Ellie Metchnikoff

20
Q

Which is NOT a Koch’s Postulate?
A. The suspected microorganisms must be isolate and grown in pure culture
B. The particular bacteria cannot be grown in pure culture in the Laboratory
C. The same microorganisms must be isolated again from the diseases host

A

The particular bacteria cannot be grown in pure culture in the Laboratory

21
Q

Differentiate Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes

A

Refer to your module packets/notes

22
Q

Can produce their own cell wall

A

Cellular

23
Q

Do not produce their own cell wall

A

Acellular

24
Q

Depends on their host to grow

A

Virus

25
Q

Cannot live without another virus

A

Satellite Virus

26
Q

Composed of Proteins but causes diseases to animals and humans

A

Prions

27
Q

Explain John Needham Experiment

A

His experiments;
Mutton broth - boiled - sealed
Results: broth became cloudy and contained microorganisms

28
Q

Idea that living organisms can develop from non- living or decomposing matter

A

Spontaneous generation

29
Q

Showed that if dust was absent, nutrient broths
remained sterile, even if directly exposed to air and provided evidence for the existence of
exceptionally heat-resistant forms of bacteria

A

John Tyndall

30
Q

Heat-resistant bacteria could produce

endospores

A

Ferdinand Cohn

31
Q

____are like eggs containing DNA that enables germination of the said bacteria again in favorable conditions

A

Endospores

32
Q

Demonstrated that the great Potato Blight of

Ireland was caused by a water mold

A

M.J Berkeley

33
Q

Showed that a disease of silkworms was

caused by a fungus

A

Agostino Bassi

34
Q

Showed that smut and rust fungi caused cereal crop diseases

A

Heinrich de Bary

35
Q

Father of Hand washing

A

Joseph Lister

36
Q

immunity obtained from other organisms (e.g. antibodies obtained from mother’s breast milk)

A

Passive Immunity

37
Q

immune response created by our own body

A

Active Immunity

38
Q

Studies soil microorganism and discovered
numerous interesting metabolic properties
(e.g., nitrogen fixation)
and they Pioneered the use of enrichment cultures
and selective media

A

Sergei Winogradsky and Martinus

Beijerinck

39
Q

Infectious agents composed of RNA

A

Viroids and Virusoids

40
Q

What are the 3 Classification Schemes ?

A

Domain Bacteria
Domain Archaea
Domain Eukarya - Eukaryotic

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