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Scope of Microbiology Flashcards

1
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Are bacteria multicellular or unicellular?

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Unicellular

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2
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Do bacterial cells have a nucleus?

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no

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3
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do bacterial cells have peptidoglycan?

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yes

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4
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do bacterial cell membranes contain a phospholipid bilayer or monolayer?

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phospholipid bilayer

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5
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how do bacterial cells divide?

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binary fission

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6
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how do bacterial cells get their nutrition from?

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photosynthesis

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7
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domain:

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is the largest classification group

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8
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domain contains which three groups?

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bacteria, archaea, eukaryara

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9
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is archaea multicellular or unicellular

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unicellular

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10
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do archaea have a nucleus

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no

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11
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is bacteria considered prokaryote or eukaryote?

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prokaryote

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12
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is archaea considered prokaryote or eukaryote?

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prokaryote

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13
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archaea cell walls lack

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peptidoglycan

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14
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do archaea cell membranes contain a phospholipid bilayer or monolayer?

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phospholipid monolayer

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15
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archaea can be (temperature)

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extremophiles

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16
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not generally pathogenic

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archaea

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17
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cannot be killed by antibiotics

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archaea

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18
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have DNA inside nucleus

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eukaryotes

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19
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Eukaryotes are what type of organisms

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unicellular and multicellular

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20
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can bacterial cells be killed by antibiotics

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yes

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21
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considered pathogenic

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bacterial cells

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22
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is Kingdom Fungi considered a prokaryote or eukaryote

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Eukaryote, DNA with nucleus

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23
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contains chitin cell walls

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Kingdom Fungi

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24
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are yeasts unicellular or multicellular

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unicellular

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25
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are molds and mushrooms considered unicellular or multicellular

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multicellular

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26
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Mycelia with filamentous hyphae

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Kingdom Fungi

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27
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Heterotrophic multicellular eukaryotes

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Kingdom Animalia

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28
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can be vectors of microbial pathogen

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Kingdom Animalia

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29
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not strictly microbes (helminths)

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Kingdom Animalia

30
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Flatworms and roundworms are examples of

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Kingdom Animalia

31
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protozoan and algae

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Kingdom Protista

32
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Kingdom Protista is considered a

33
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absorb or ingest organic chemicals

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Kingdom Protista- Protozoa

34
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some are photosynthetic

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Kingdom Protista- protozoa

35
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Free living or parasitic
(derive nutrients from a living host)

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Kingdom Protista- Protozoa

36
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Kingdom Protista- Protozoa reproduces

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sexually or asexually

37
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Which kingdom has cellulose cell walls?

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Kingdom Protista- Algae

38
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Kingdom Protista- Algae is considered to be eukaryote or prokaryote

39
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where is Kingdom Protista- Algae found?

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freshwater, saltwater and soil

40
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use of photosynthesis for energy, produces oxygen and carbohydrates

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Kingdom Protista- Algae

41
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Kingdom Protista- Algae reproduces how

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both sexual and asexual reproduction Is possible

42
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Is a virus acellular or multicellular

43
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A virus core consists of

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DNA or RNA

44
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Who has a core that is surrounded by a protein core?

45
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Coat may be enclosed by a lipid envelope

46
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viruses are replicated only when

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they are in a living host

47
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where do viruses inert

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outside living hosts

48
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group of microbes that live stably on/in the human body

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Microbiome

49
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are viruses obligate parasites?

50
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help maintain good health
can prevent growth of pathogenic microbes
may help train immune system to discriminate threates
begin to be acquired as newborns at body sites with right conditions
can colonize the body indefinitely or fleetingly (transient microbiota)

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Normal microbiota

51
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organisms that are too small to be seen with the unaided eye

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microorganisms

52
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understanding the structure and functions of microbes

A

microbiology

53
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disease producing

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pathogenic

54
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the science of classification

55
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a classification group

56
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binomial nomenclature

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Carolus Linnaus

57
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the largest classification group

58
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Beginning of Cell theory
“all living things are composed of cells”

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Robert Hooke

59
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Cork (cells)

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Robert Hooke

60
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Animalcules

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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

61
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experiment that maggots wouldn’t grow on meat if first covered

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Francisco Redi

62
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who supported biogenesis

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Fransisco Redi

63
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Disproved spontaneous generation

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Louis Pasteur

64
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S shaped flask

65
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Pasteurization

66
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s- shaped flask, pasteurization, silkworm was caused by fungus

67
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Advocated hand washing to prevent transmission of microbes

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Ignaz Semmelweis (semmelwash)

68
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directly linked specific microbe to specific disease

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Robert Koch

69
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Antibiotic

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Alexander Fleming

70
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found that penicillin(mold) antibiotic killed Staphylococcus aureus

A

Alexander Fleming

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