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Micro_ Ch 1
Microbiology for the Health Sciences
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which of the following individuals is considered to be the " Father of Microbiology?" | Anton von Leeuwenhoek |
| The microbes that usually live on or in a person are collectively referred to as: | Indigenous microbflora |
| Microbes that live on dead and decaying organic material are known as: | Saprophytes |
| The study of algae is called: | Phycology |
| The field of parasitology involves the study of which type of organisms? | Arthropods, helminthes, and certain protozoa |
| Rudolf Virchow is given credit for proposing which of the following theories? | Biogenesis |
| Which of the following microbes are considered obligate intracellcular pathogens? | Rickettsias, Chlamydias, and Viruses |
| Microbes are said to be: | Ubiquitous meaning they are virtually everywhere |
| Which are even smaller than viruses? | Prions and Viroids |
| Who introduced the terms "aerobes" and "anaerobes"? | Louis Pasteur |
| Biology | Is the study of living organisms |
| Acellular microbes | Also called: infectious particles, include; viruses, prions |
| Cellular microbes | Also called: microorganisms, include; all bacteria, all archaea, some algae, all protozoa, and some fungi |
| Algae; examples of diseases they cause: | A very rare cause of infections; intoxications (which result from ingestion of toxins) |
| Bacteria; examples of diseases they cause: | Anthrax, botulism, cholera, diarrhea, staph tetanus, diphtheria, ear and eye infections, food poisoning, gas gangrene, gonorrhea, UTI, Legionnaires, Leprosy, Lyme disease, strep, pneumonia, TB, syphilis, meningitis, plague, rocky mountain, whooping cough, |
| Fungi; examples of diseases they cause: | Allergies, cryptococcosis, hisoplasmosis, intoxications, mengitis, pneumonia, thrush, tinea(ringworm), infections, yeast vaginitis |
| Protozoa; examples of diseases they cause: | African sleeping sickness, amebic dysentery, babesiosis, Chagas'disease, giardiasis, malaria, cryptosporidiosis, diarrhea, meningoencephalitis, pneumonia, toxoplasmosis, trichomoniasis, |
| Viruses; examples of diseases they cause: | AIDS, some cancers, bird flu, chickenpox, cold sores, colds, dengue, diarrhea, mumps encephalitis, genital herpes, measles, polio hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), rabies hemorrhagic fevers, hepatitis, influenza, SARS mononucleosis, warts, monkeypox, |
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