The Scope and History of Microbiology

Question 1

What ist he science of classifying living things?

Answer 1

Taxonomy

Question 2

Who began systematically classifying living things?

Answer 2

Carl von Linne

Question 3

Parts of binomial designation

Answer 3

Genus species (genus capitalized and both italicised)

Question 4

What is the hierarchy of taxonomy?

Answer 4

Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species

Question 5

What is the Five Kingdom Model?

Answer 5

1. Animals (helminths)
2. Plants (algae)
3. Fungi (microbes)
4. Protists (microbes)
5. Monera (microbes)

Question 6

Who proposed the Five Kingdom Model?

Answer 6

Robert Whittaker

Question 7

What are the three domains of New Views of Phylogeny?

Answer 7

1. Archaea (all microbes)
2. Bacteria (all microbes)
3. Eukarya (some microbes)

Question 8

What is microbology?

Answer 8

The study of small living things

Question 9

What is the working definition of small?

Answer 9

Too small to be seen with the unaided human eye.
<0.2 mm

Question 10

What are the characteristics of living things?

Answer 10

1. metabolosm
2. reproduction
3. differentiation
4. communication
5. locomotion
6. evolution

Question 11

What is metabolism?

Answer 11

Enzyme-catalyzed chemical reactions.

Question 12

What is reproduction?

Answer 12

Progeny formed sexually or asexually.

Question 13

What is differentiation?

Answer 13

Different cell types can occur

Question 14

What is communication

Answer 14

Signaling within and between cells.

Question 15

What is locomotion?

Answer 15

Relative movement of cell or organism.

Question 16

What is evolution?

Answer 16

Geenetic change over time.