Microbiology for the Health Sciences
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| Which of the following individuals is considered to be the " Father of Microbiology?" | Anton von Leeuwenhoek
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| The microbes that usually live on or in a person are collectively referred to as: | Indigenous microbflora
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| Microbes that live on dead and decaying organic material are known as: | Saprophytes
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| The study of algae is called: | Phycology
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| The field of parasitology involves the study of which type of organisms? | Arthropods, helminthes, and certain protozoa
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| Rudolf Virchow is given credit for proposing which of the following theories? | Biogenesis
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| Which of the following microbes are considered obligate intracellcular pathogens? | Rickettsias, Chlamydias, and Viruses
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| Microbes are said to be: | Ubiquitous meaning they are virtually everywhere
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| Which are even smaller than viruses? | Prions and Viroids
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| Who introduced the terms "aerobes" and "anaerobes"? | Louis Pasteur
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| Biology | Is the study of living organisms
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| Acellular microbes | Also called: infectious particles, include; viruses, prions
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| Cellular microbes | Also called: microorganisms, include; all bacteria, all archaea, some algae, all protozoa, and some fungi
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| Algae; examples of diseases they cause: | A very rare cause of infections; intoxications (which result from ingestion of toxins)
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| 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,
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| Fungi; examples of diseases they cause: | Allergies, cryptococcosis, hisoplasmosis, intoxications, mengitis, pneumonia, thrush, tinea(ringworm), infections, yeast vaginitis
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| Protozoa; examples of diseases they cause: | African sleeping sickness, amebic dysentery, babesiosis, Chagas'disease, giardiasis, malaria, cryptosporidiosis, diarrhea, meningoencephalitis, pneumonia, toxoplasmosis, trichomoniasis,
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| 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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