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1
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What is wavelength

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Distance between one peak of a wave and the next

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2
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What is amplitude

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Height of each peak or depth of each trough

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3
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What is frequency

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Rate of vibration of the wave or number of wavelengths in a specific time period

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4
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Identify the characteristic of EMR used in microscopy

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Fluorescent dye absorbs ultraviolet or blue light then uses the energy to emit photons off a different color

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Explain how lenses are used in microscopy to manipulate visible and ultraviolet light

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Light waves interacting with material can be reflected, absorbed or transmitted. Light waves can interact with each other (interference) or be distorted by interaction with small objects or openings (diffraction)

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Describe historical developments and individual contribution of Janssen

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Janssen was secretive about the work and may have invented simple/compound microscopes and telescopes during the late 1500s or early 1600s

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Describe historical developments and individual contribution of Leeuwenhoek

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Father of microbiology, in 1674 described his observations of single-celled organisms in letters to the Royal Society of London

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Describe historical developments and individual contribution of Hooke

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Made many observations using a compound microscope. First to describe what we now call cells

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9
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Compare and contrast simple and compound microscopes

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Simple have a single lens and compound have multiple lenses

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10
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What is the function and parts of a bright field microscope

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Two or more lenses that produce a dark image on a bright background.

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11
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How to calculate total magnification

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Ocular magnification x Objective magnification

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12
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Define the difference between resolution and magnification

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Resolution is the ability to distinguish two objects from each other where as magnification is the ability to make small objects seem larger.

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13
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Longer wavelengths = _____ ______

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Lower energy

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14
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Does ROYGBIV go from low-high energy or high-low and which has the longest wavelengths?

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Low to high and red has the longest wavelengths

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What is the germ theory of disease

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Disease may be caused by microbial infection

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16
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What is cell theory

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Cells come from preexisting cells and are the fundamental units of organisms

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17
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What is spontaneous generation

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Life could arise from non-living matter

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18
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What is miasma theory

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Bad/noxious air could cause disease.

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19
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List the types of microorganisms

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Bacteria, Archaea, Fungi, Protozoa, Algae, Viruses, Helminths

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20
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What microorganism cell wall is made with peptidoglycan

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Bacteria

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21
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What microorganism cell wall is made with pseudopeptidoglycan

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Archaea

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22
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What microorganisms are photosynthetic?

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Bacteria, Archaea and Algae

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23
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Is acidic positive or negative charge?

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Negative

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24
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Is basic positive or negative charge?

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Positive

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25
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Positive stains stain the _____

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Cell

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26
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Negative stains stain the ______

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Background

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27
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Explain the difference between simple and differential stains?

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In simple staining a single dye is used to emphasize particular structures in the specimen.
Differential staining distinguishes organisms based on their interactions with multiple stains

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28
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What are the 4 steps to gram staining process?

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  1. Crystal Violet
  2. Iodine
  3. Alcohol
  4. Safranin
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29
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What is the purpose of crystal violet in a gram stain process?

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Stain cells purple or blue

30
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What is the purpose of Iodine in a gram stain process?

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Makes dye less soluble so it adheres to cell walls

31
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What is the purpose of alcohol in gram stain process?

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Decolorization. Washes away stain from gram negative cell walls

32
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What is the purpose of safranin in gram stain process?

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Counterstain allows dye adherence to gram negative cells. Differentiate gram negative from gram positive

33
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What is the purpose of a gram stain?

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Distinguish between bacteria with different types of cell walls

34
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What is the purpose of an endospore stain?

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Differentiate endospores from the rest of the cell.

35
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What is the purpose of an acid fast stain?

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Differentiate two types of gram positive cells, those with waxy mycolic acid in their cell walls and those that do not

36
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What is the purpose of a negative capsule stain?

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Determine if cells in a sample have capsules

37
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What is the purpose of flagella staining?

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Used to study flagella in bacteria that have them

38
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Describe the characteristics and application of a bright field microscope

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Produces a dark image onto a light background. Most are binocular.

39
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Describe the characteristics and application of a darkfield microscope

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Increase contrast without staining by producing a bright image on a darker background

40
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Describe the characteristics and application of a phase / differential interference contrast microscope

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Uses refraction and interference caused by structures in the specimen to create high contrast, high resolution images without staining

41
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Describe the characteristics and application of a fluorescent microscope

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Uses fluorescent stains to produce an image, identify pathogens, find particular species, distinguish living from dead cells

42
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Describe the characteristics and application of a TEM microscope

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Uses electron beams that pass through a specimen to visualize small images.

43
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Describe the characteristics and application of a SEM microscope

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Uses electron beams to visualize surfaces; useful to observe the three dimensional surface details of specimens

44
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Contributions of Pasteur

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He disproved spontaneous generation theory with his swan neck flask experiment

45
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Contributions of Hooke to cell theory

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Hooke was the first to use the term “cells” in 1665

46
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Contributions of Schwann to cell theory

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Cells are the fundamental components of plants and animals

47
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Contributions of Schleiden to cell theory

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Cells formed through crystallization rather than cell division

48
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Contributions of Remak to cell theory

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Cells are derived from other cells as a result of cell division

49
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Contributions of Virchow to cell theory

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All cells arise from cells

50
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What is endosymbiotic theory?

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Theory that mitochondria and chloroplasts arose as a result of prokaryotic cells establishing a symbiotic relationship within a eukaryotic host

51
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Contributions of Semmelweis to germ theory

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Proposed physicians were transferring diseases and agents without washing their hands between patients

52
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Contributions of Snow to germ theory

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Cholera and bacteria were able to be transmitted via drinking water

53
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Contributions of Lister to germ theory

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Postsurgical infections, intense handwashing and extreme cleanliness during surgery

54
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Contributions of Koch to germ theory

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The cause of a specific disease could be attributed to a specific microbe

55
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Define microbiome

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Totality of microbial forms on and in the human body

56
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Define mutualism

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Both benefit

57
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Define amensalism

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One is harmed, the other is unaffected

58
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Define commensalism

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One benefits, the other is unaffected

59
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Define neutralism

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Both are unharmed

60
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Define parasitism

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One benefits while the other is harmed

61
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Describe the unique features of alphaproteobacteria

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Oligotrophic. Feeds on cells of host organism

62
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Describe the unique features of betaproteobacteria

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Eutrophic. Requires a lot of organic nutrients and is hard to culture

63
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Describe the unique features of gammaproteobacteria

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Largest and most diverse. Can be coliform or non coliform

64
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What is the difference between coliform and non coliform?

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Coliform is acid and gas and non coliform is acid OR gas

65
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Describe the unique features of deltaproteobacteria

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Able to reduce sulfate or elemental sulfur. Some are scavengers and some are myxospores

66
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Describe the unique features of epsilonproteobacteria

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Smallest group. Campylobacter and helicobacter are human pathogens

67
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Describe the unique features of spirochetes

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Motile, spiral bacteria with a long narrow body. Difficult to culture

68
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Explain the importance of cyanobacteria

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Oxygen producing bacteria

69
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How are gram positive bacteria divided taxonomically?

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They are divided by high G+C gram positive and low G+C gram positive.

70
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Actinobacteria is the taxonomic name of the class of ____ G+C gram positive bacteria

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High

71
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Bacilli is the taxonomic name of the class of ____ G+C gram positive bacteria

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Low

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