P1. Microbiology & Microbes

Question 1

• study of MICROBES.
• study of NON-LIVING entities & LIVING organisms.

Answer 1

MICROBIOLOGY

Question 2

THREE common/main(?) RESERVOIRS of MICROBES:

Answer 2

1. HUMAN
2. ANIMALS
3. ENVIRONMENT

Question 3

1. a microbe that lacks cellular organelles.
2. examples?

Answer 3

1. ACELLULAR INFECTIOUS AGENTS
2. prions & viruses

Question 4

1. a microbe with cellular organelles.
2. subdivisions?

Answer 4

1. CELLULAR MICROORGANISMS.
2. PROKARYOTES & EUKARYOTES

Question 5

Examples of Prokaryotes?

Answer 5

1. ARCHAEA
2. BACTERIA

Question 7

Examples of Eukaryotes?

Answer 7

1. ALGAE
2. FUNGI
3. PROTOZOA

Question 8

what are the 4 subdivisions of microbes?

Answer 8

1. virus
2. bacteria/bacterium
3. fungi/fungus
4. parasites

Question 9

• a microbe that is NOT considered a CELL.
• COMPLETELY DEPENDENT on their host.
• MOST SIMPLEST MICROBE.

consists of?

Answer 9

VIRUS

1. NUCLEIC ACID
2. few PROTEINS
3. (in some) LIPID ENVELOPE

Question 10

a VIRUS without LIPIDS is called?

Answer 10

NAKED VIRUS

VIRUSES are non-living/acellular

Question 11

BACTERIA are ____?

Answer 11

PROKARYOTIC - simple unicellular organisms.

Question 12

• w/ both RNA & DNA
• metabolic machinery for SELF-REPLICATION
• COMPLEX CELL WALL structure
• ASEXUAL (Binary Fission)

Answer 12

BACTERIA/BACTERIUM

Question 13

FUNGI/ FUNGUS subdivisions?

also known as the 2 forms of Fungi.

Answer 13

1. SINGLE-CELLED organisms/ YEASTS
2. MULTI-CELLED organisms/ MOLDS

Question 14

a fungi existing in both forms is called?

Answer 14

DIMORPHIC FUNGI

Question 15

PARASITES’ subdivisions?

Answer 15

1. single-celled organisms/ PROTOZOA
2. multi-celled organisms/ WORMS or BUGS