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BIO 2117
Microbiology Unit 1 Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Viruses are measured in | nanometers |
| living microbes are measured in | micrometers |
| nanometer is a measure of __________ of a meter | billionth |
| micrometer is a measure of __________ of a meter | millionth |
| these cells have no nucleus or organelles | prokaryotes |
| these cells have a nucleus and organelles | eukaryotes |
| disease causing microorganisms | pathogens |
| use of bacteria to mine metal | bio-mining |
| theory that living things come from other living things | biogenesis |
| theory that living things come from non-living things | spontaneous generation |
| created the first light microscope for thread counts of fabric | Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek |
| experimented with covered and uncovered rancid meat to disprove spontaneous generation | Redi |
| the "father of microbiology" experimented with swan-necked flasks filled with boiled beef broth | Pasteur |
| applied pasteurization to aseptic medical practices | Lister |
| deduced theory that each disease is caused by a specific pathogen | Koch |
| Koch's approach to analyzing pathogens is known as | germ theory |
| The first classification of taxonomic hierarchy is called | kingdom |
| The second classification of taxonomic hierarchy is called | phylum |
| The third classification of taxonomic hierarchy is called | class |
| The fourth classification of taxonomic hierarchy is called | order |
| The fifth classification of taxonomic hierarchy is called | family |
| The sixth classification of taxonomic hierarchy is called | genus |
| The seventh classification of taxonomic hierarchy is called | species |
| non-animal organisms use this classification instead of animal organisms | division |
| the classification, naming and organization of organisms | taxonomy |
| specific organisms are named by way of | binomial nomenclature |
| binomial nomenclature of organisms consits of combining ___________ + _________ | genus; species |
| bacteria and archaea make up this kingdom | monera |
| protozoans and algae make up this kingdom | protista |
| yeast and molds make up this kingdom | fungi |
| plants make up this kingdom | plantae |
| helminths and animals make up this kingdom | animalia |
| the process of extracting a relative sample and inaculating a test mouse to test germ theory was known as | Koch's Postulates |
| prokayotic cells are apart of this domain(s) | bacteria and archaea |
| eukayotic cells are apart of this domain(s) | eukaya |
| all living organisms can be broken down into three ____________ | domains |
| cultivating the biproduct of fungal environmental dominance over bacteria | antibiotic drug development |
| the breakdown of sewage waste and oil by way of microbes | bioremediation |
| genetic recoding and harvesting of bacteria | recombant technology |
| infectious particles are a relatively new name for | viruses |
| ancient microbes | archaea |
| water-borne microbes | algae |
| incorrectly named as a form of animal | protozoa |
| make up the majority of microbes that breakdown organic material | saprobes; decomposers |
| earliest earth consisted of __% oxygen | 1 |
| modern earth consists of ___% oxygen | 21 |
| the use of yeast, bacteria and mold for food production | food microbiology |