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1
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is exclusively a population of a single kind of
microorganism in an environment regardless of number.

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Pure culture

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2
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The descendants of pure culture

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strains

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3
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. A collection of strains having similar characteristics

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species

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4
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collection of species having similar characteristics

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Genus

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5
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A group of
similar genera (genus)

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family

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6
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. A group of similar families

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order

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7
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A group of similar orders

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class

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8
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A group of similar classes

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division

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9
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A group of similar division

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kingdom

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10
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are the one responsible in naming and classifying organisms based
on its stability and predictability

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Taxonomists

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11
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common and most reliable methods of classifying microbes

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genetic
relatedness between organisms based on their hereditary material (DNA).

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12
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is consisting of bacteria with cell walls containing peptidoglycan.

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Eubacteria

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13
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lack peptidoglycan in their cell
walls)

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prokaryotes

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14
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In 1735 the Swedish botanist developed a simple nomenclature
system to classify and name all organisms referred to as binomial nomenclature

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Carl Linnaeus

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15
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Carl Linnaeus finding that referred to as a binomial nomenclature

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The first name is genus
The second name is the specific epithet (species)
the first letter of genus always written in capital letter
The whole name is also written in italics if not underlined

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16
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Means clustered

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staphylo

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17
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Means sphere shape

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Coccus

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18
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Latin word for golden

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Aureus

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19
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organism lives in the colon or large intestine

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coli

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20
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Study of bacteria

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Bacteriology

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21
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Study of fungi.

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Mycology

22
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Study of protozoans (animal like single celled eukaryotic organisms).

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Protozoology

23
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Study of viruses and viral diseases.

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Virology

24
Q

viruses are non-cellular in
nature but why are they still included in microbiology

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(1) the techniques used to study
viruses are microbiological in nature
(2) the diagnostic procedures used are
employed in microbiological laboratories

25
Q

Study of parasitism and parasites (include pathogenic protozoa,
helminthes worms and certain insects).

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Parasitology

26
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Deals with the immune system that protects against infection and to
study serology reactions.

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Immunology

27
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Greek philosopher that introduced the Theory of Spontaneous Generation

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Aristotle

28
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states that life come from non-living matter

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Theory of Spontaneous Generation

29
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An Italian naturalist, very first scientist to formally challenge the Theory of Spontaneous Generation

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Francesco Redi

30
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English scientist named (1635-
1703) popularized the use of compound microscope

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Robert Hooke

31
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Dutch spectacle-maker invented the first microscope

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Zacharias Janssen

32
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was the first person to use the word “cell” to identify microscopic
structures when he was describing cork.

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Hooke

33
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  • a merchant of
    textiles and an amateur lens grinder, to get interested in
    microscope.
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Antony van Leeuwenhoek

34
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became the first person to view living
microorganisms, so tiny that they were invisible to the naked
eye, which he called “animalcules”. -He first described bacteria,
protozoans and many cells of the human body. Due to his
contribution to the establishment of the microbiology, he is
considered as the “Father of Microbiology”.

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Antony van Leeuwenhoek

35
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French chemist, showed that
microorganisms are present in the air

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Louis pasteur

36
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He proved that sterilized
medical equipment’s became contaminated once they were exposed
to the air.

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Louis Pasteur

37
Q

, one of the best
known sterilization techniques, was developed and
named after Louis Pasteur.

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Pasteurization

38
Q

discovered
the
thermoresistant
phase of bacteria to boiling temperatures.

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John Tyndall
Ferdinand Cohn

39
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discovered that bacteria existed in two
forms: a heat-stable form and a heat-sensitive form.

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Tyndall

40
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prolonged or intermittent
heating that destroys heat stable form of bacteria.

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tyndallization

41
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discovered
that these heat-stable forms are spores which develop into microorganisms in inadequately
heated infusions.

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Cohn

42
Q

Communicable disease were caused by invisible creatures called what?

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Contagion

43
Q

states
that living matter is generated from another living matter gained
popularity.

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Theory of biogenesis

44
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observed that communicable
diseases were caused by invisible creatures called contagion be it by direct or indirect
contact

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Girolamo Fracastoro

45
Q

which states that microorganisms or germs can lead to a
disease in humans, animals or other living hosts

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Germ Theory
of Disease

46
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Observation done by this scientist encouraging fellow doctors to wash their hands after performing autopsy and before
proceeding to deliver a baby. In this manner, post-partum deaths due to childbed or
puerperal fever could be prevented.

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Ignaz Semmelweis

47
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suggested to
filter and boil water before use, short after he suggested that a “cell” is
causing the disease. And popularized spot mapping

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John Snow

48
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who first conducted formal experiments to promote germ theory
of disease with his experiment on fermentation of wine

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Louis Pasteur

49
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credited for his discovery of weakened
or attenuated vaccine against fowl cholera, anthrax for small ruminants and rabies.

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Louis Pasteur

50
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elaborated the
theory and practice of antiseptic surgery, which included washing the
hands with carbolic acid to prevent infection.
He is known as the “Father
of Modern Antisepsis”.

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Joseph Lister

51
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, a British physician,
discovered smallpox vaccine by collecting scrapings from cowpox blisters (a much milder
form of disease) and inoculated it into a child volunteer.

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Edward Jenner

52
Q

Discovered the first antibiotic in
1928 by was extracted
from the Penicillum sp. mold thus called Penicillin

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Sir Alexander Fleming

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