Types of Microbes

Question 1

What type of microbe is unicellular, has a cell wall, absorbs nutrients and uses photosynthesis, and used in the food industry (TB, cholera, plague)?

Answer 1

Bacteria

Question 2

What type of microbe is eukaryotic, lives on its own food supply, provides antibiotics, decomposes for nutrients, and is more than one shape?

Answer 2

Fungi

Question 3

What type of microbe is unicellular, some have a cell wall, uses photosynthesis or absorption, and causes malaria and diarrhea?

Answer 3

Protozoans

Question 4

What type of microbe can grow to be large, has different life cycles, is eukaryotic, has no cell wall, and absorbs and ingests nutrients (cysts -> eggs -> larve?

Answer 4

Helminths (eggs)

Question 5

What type of microbe always harms the host, core is made is nucleic acids, has a protective protein coat, intracellular, classified by morphology (shape), made of genetic material, and identified by biological properties?

Answer 5

Virus

Question 6

What do microbes (except virus) do? (9 things)

Answer 6

1. Capture energy
2. Make nitrogen available to plants
3. Recycle nutrients
4. Bioremediation
5. Food production
6. Genetic engineering
7. Insect pest controll
8. Antibiotics
9. Normal flora