Principles of Microbiology

Question 1

What is small

Answer 1

Prokaryotes

Question 2

Always unicellular

Answer 2

prokaryotes

Question 3

No nucleus

Answer 3

prokaryotes

Question 4

No cytoskeleton

Answer 4

prokaryote

Question 5

Large

Answer 5

Eukaryotes

Question 6

often multicellular

Answer 6

Eukaryotes

Question 7

Have a nucleus - membrane bound

Answer 7

Eukaryotes

Question 8

have a cytoskeleton

Answer 8

Eukaryotes

Question 9

asexual or sexual

Answer 9

Eukaryotes

Question 10

3 Bacteria Growth Requirements

Answer 10

1. Temperature (10-39)
2. pH
3. Oxygen

Question 11

gram postitive cell wall

Answer 11

Thick layer of peptidoglycan

Question 12

gram negative

Answer 12

Reinforced with 2nd membrane

Question 13

Modes of transmission

Answer 13

direct and indirect contact
airborne/ droplet
water - borne
blood & tissue borne

Question 14

vector-borne transmission

Answer 14

Spread by an animal (bites)

Question 15

Formite-borne

Answer 15

mum gives it to child at birth

Question 16

normal flora

Answer 16

Microorganisms that reside in or on the body without causing disease
Can be pathogenic

Question 17

Sanitisation

Answer 17

process of deducing number of pathogenic microorganisms (primarily with detergent and water - related to food safety)

Question 18

Sanitation

Answer 18

safe disposal or recycle of human and faeces

Question 19

Virus

Answer 19

A piece of code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data

Question 20

Bacteria

Answer 20

single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus; prokaryotes