What was Leeuwenhoek's contribution to the science of microbiology?

How are the bacteria and the archaea different from all the other cellular microbes?

A microorganism has the following characteristics: eukaryotic, multicellular, has cell walls, and grows in long filaments. What is its general classification?

You have isolated microorganisms that are green, photosynthetic, have a cell wall, and do NOT possess a nucleus. These organisms are __________.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a fungus?

Which of the following is a true statement concerning bacteria and archaea?

Bacteriology (bacteria) Protozoology (protozoa) Mycology (fungi) Parasitology (protozoa and animals) Phycology (algae)

Taxonomy

Infection control Epidemiology

Industrial microbiology, Food and beverage technology

Microbial metabolism, Genetics, Genetic engineering

Etiology

Virology

Environmental microbiology , Ecological microbiology

Microbial morphology

Antiseptic medical techniques, Hospital microbiology

Serology Immunology

Chemotherapy

Pharmaceutical microbiology

All of the following individuals showed that cleanliness played a role in human disease EXCEPT __________.

Koch's work involving anthrax was significant because it was the first time __________.

Whose experiments supported the existence of a "life force"?

Put the following steps of Koch's postulates in order: a. The suspected infectious agent must be isolated and grown outside the host. b. The suspected infectious agent causes the disease when it is introduced to a healthy, experimental host. c. The suspected infectious agent must be found in every case of the disease. d. The suspected infectious agent must be found in the diseased experimental host.

What is the vector for transmission of yellow fever?

Which of the following is NOT a growing area of microbial study?

Which field of microbiology involves the study of microorganisms in their natural habitats?

Which of the following techniques could be used to produce a yeast capable of making viral proteins?

Which of the following fields of modern microbiology is NOT directly concerned with the genetic characteristics of a cell?

One of the first set of experiments to refute spontaneous generation was done in 1688 by Francesco Redi. Which of the following statements regarding Francesco Redi’s experiments is true?

In 1861, Pasteur conducted his now-famous experiments using flasks with long necks bent into an S-shape. Imagine that you are a scientist working in Pasteur’s lab at this time. You decide to tip the flasks so that broth enters the long S-shaped neck. You then return the flask to its upright position. Predict the most likely outcome of tipping one of Pasteur’s S-necked flasks.

S. aureus has been isolated from George’s infected wound. To satisfy Koch’s postulates, what would George’s doctor need to do with the isolated S. aureus?

Which of the following are limitations of antibiotics?

Further characterization of the S. aureus isolated from George’s wound reveals that the strain is MRSA. Why is George’s doctor concerned that MRSA has been identified as the causative agent of George’s infection?

Have cell walls that contain peptidoglycan

Derive nutrition from organic or inorganic sources or conduct photosynthesis

Found in extreme environments

Not typically associated with human disease

Eukaryotic

Can be unicellular or multicellular

Can be seen only with an electron microscope

Cannot reproduce outside a host cell