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Microbiology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who is credited with first observing living microorganisms? | Anton van Leeuwenhoek |
| Who discovered the antibiotic penicillin? | Alexander Fleming |
| The idea that ' life begets life' is best termed what? | biogenesis-living things are formed from previously existing living things. |
| Who performed the first smallpox vaccination? | Edward Jenner |
| Who used carboic acid to reduce post-operative infection rates? | Joseph Lister |
| Who constructed the first compoung microscope? | Zaccharias Jannsen |
| What is the area of clearing caused by cell lysis due to a virus called? | plaque |
| Who was the first to prove that bacteria are capable of causing disease? | Robert Koch |
| The ability to distinguish twi objects as being separate is best called what? | Resolution |
| Which stain would be most appropriate to visualize a bacterial capsule? | negative gram |
| Which type of microscopy would show bright microbes against a dark background? | darkfield |
| What is the name of the chemical that increases the affinity of a dye to the cell? | mordents |
| Who discovered viruses as filterable infectious agents? | Dmitri Ivanowski |
| What term best describes spherical bacteria arranged in long chains? | Streptococcus |
| What waxy material is unique to the acid-fast bacteria? | mycolic acid |
| What factor is used to classify the fungi? | sexual spores |
| What is the primary form of chemical energy in the microbial cell? | ATP |
| A chemical reaction that releases thermal energy is best called what? | exergonic |
| What is the process of creating a temporary copy of RNA from a DNA template called? | transcription |
| Bacteria that grow either in the absence or presence of oxygen are best termed what? | facultative anaerobes |
| Which is the following bases is found in RNA but not DNA? | uracil |
| What term describes the observable characteristics and growth of a microorganism? | phenotype |
| Enzymes function by reducing what? | activation energy |
| Which asexual fungal spores are formed by budding off of a parent cell? | blastospores |
| What step in the viral infective cycle follows attachment to the host cell? | penetration |
| Reducing the number of bacteria on an inanimate surface is called what? | disinfection |
| What is appropriate to sterilizing one liter of water? | autoclaving |
| What is the most common mechanism for resistance to penicillins? | inactivation |
| What bacterial structure does amphotericin B disrupt? | cell membrane |
| Which drug would be most effective against a herpes virus infection? | Acyclovir |
| Which drug is commonly used to combat mycobacterial infections? | Isoniazid |
| The lowest dilution of a substance that kills all bacteria present is called what? | MBC(minimal bactericidal concentration) |
| Compounds that inhibit, but do no kill, bacteria are best termed as what? | bacteriostatic |
| What is commonly used to sterilize plasticware for use in laboratories? | ethylene oxide |
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