Module 1: The Microbial World and You

Question 1

What is bacteriology?

Answer 1

The study of bacteria

Question 2

What is mycology?

Answer 2

The study of fungi

Question 3

What is parasitology?

Answer 3

The study of protozoa and parasitic worms

Question 4

What is virology?

Answer 4

The study of viruses

Question 5

What is immunology?

Answer 5

The study of immunity

Question 6

What are the 3 domains?

Answer 6

Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya
Think “ABE”

Question 7

Name the order of classification from most diverse to least diverse.

Answer 7

Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species

Question 8

How should a scientific name be written?

Answer 8

Genus species

Question 9

How are Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes different?

Answer 9

Eukaryotes have a nucleus and membrane bound organelles while prokaryotes do not

Question 10

What is the term we use to describe viruses?

Answer 10

Inert

Question 11

What does inert mean?

Answer 11

Not living

Question 12

Why can viruses not be considered living?

Answer 12

They cannot replicate outside their host cell

Question 13

What does the term oxygenic mean?

Answer 13

To generate or produce oxygen

Question 14

What bacterial phylum is known to be oxygenic?

Answer 14

Cyanobacteria

Question 15

What are the 6 elements that can be found in living things?

Answer 15

Carbon
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Sulfur

Question 16

What is the term that means using organism to help clean up the environment?

Answer 16

Bioremediation

Question 17

What component is needed in the process of recombinant DNA to remove part of the plasmid?

Answer 17

Restriction enzyme

Question 18

What component is needed in the process of recombinant DNA to attach the mammalian gene?

Answer 18

Ligase

Question 19

What are two terms for the bacteria that normally reside in the human body?

Answer 19

Microbiota and flora

Question 20

What bacteria is known to cause cavities?

Answer 20

Streptococcus mutans

Question 21

What is the term referring to a complex group of microorganisms that are collectively resistant to outside influence?

Answer 21

Biofilm

Question 22

What is the germ theory of disease?

Answer 22

Diseases are caused by the presence of pathogens

Question 23

What are Koch’s postulates?

Answer 23

A group of ideas that state that a certain microorganism causes a certain disease

Question 24

What condition introduced Koch’s postulates?

Answer 24

Anthrax caused by Bacillus anthracis

Question 25

What is the term meaning treating a disease with chemicals taking into the body?

Answer 25

Chemotherapy

Question 26

What is the term for a disease is which a pathogen invades a susceptible host?

Answer 26

Infectious disease

Question 27

What is the term for large outbreaks of disease that are occurring more frequently?

Answer 27

Emerging infectious diseases

Question 28

Which scientist coined the term “cell” and came up with the cell theory?

Answer 28

Robert Hooke

Question 29

What is the cell theory?

Answer 29

All living things are composed of cells

Question 30

Which scientist was the first to see things through a microscope and made drawings of them?

Answer 30

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

Question 31

Which scientist proved that maggots do not spontaneously generate?

Answer 31

Francesco Redi

Question 32

Which scientist claimed that microorganisms spontaneously generated in fluids?

Answer 32

John Needham

Question 33

Which scientist demonstrated that microorganisms can be present in non-living matter and that they can be destroyed via heat?

Answer 33

Louis Pasteur

Question 34

Which scientist formed the basis of aseptic techniques?

Answer 34

Louis Pasteur

Question 35

What is the term for procedures that prevent contamination of unwanted microorganisms?

Answer 35

Aseptic techniques

Question 36

What process is commonly used to reduce spoilage and kill potentially harmful bacteria in milk and some alcoholic drinks?

Answer 36

Pasteurization

Question 37

Which scientist used phenol in surgical sites to reduce infection and proved that microorganisms can cause surgical wound infections?

Answer 37

Joseph Lister

Question 38

Which scientists proposed a model for the structure and replication of DNA?

Answer 38

Watson and Crick

Question 39

Which scientist gave the first proof that specific bacteria cause specific disease?

Answer 39

Robert Koch

Question 40

Which scientist produced the first vaccine against cowpox?

Answer 40

Edward Jenner

Question 41

Which scientist used a “magic bullet” called Salvarsan as a chemotherapeutic agent against syphilis?

Answer 41

Paul Ehrlich

Question 42

Which scientist discovered the first antibiotic?

Answer 42

Alexander Fleming