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Irene Gold Microbiology
Board Review Questions
and Answers


= true nucleus, organelles. E.g human cells, Protozoa like

Giardia and amoeba


Ans- Eukaryotes




= no true nucleus, no organelles (e.g. No mitochondria) E.g.

Bacteria


Ans- Prokaryotes




How are organisms classified/organized?


Ans- Family and genus

,How are oraganisms named?


Ans- genus and species




The pneumonic "King Paul Can Only Find Good Spices" stands for what and means

what?


Ans- Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species - a way to organize

organisms




Gram positive or gram negative


Shape of cell = cocci


Family = micrococcaccae


Genus = micrococcus, staphylococcus


Ans- Gram positive




Gram positive or gram negative


Shape of cell = cocci


Family = streptococcaccae

,Genus = streptococcus, enterococcus


Ans- Gram positive




Gram positive or gram negative


Shape of cell = bacilli


Family = bacillaccae (spore formers)


Genus = bacillus, clostridium-ANAEROBIC


Ans- Gram positive




Gram positive or gram negative


Shape of cell = bacilli


Family = lactobacillacae


Genus = lactobacillus


Ans- Gram positive




Gram positive or gram negative


Shape of cell = cocci

, Family = neisseriaccae


Genus = neisseria


Ans- Gram negative




Gram positive or Gram negative


Shape of cell = bacilli


Family = enterobacterioccae, vibrianaccae, spirillaccae, pseudomonadacceae,

pasteurellaceae, bacteroidosceae


Genus = eneterbacter, escherichia, klebsiella, proteus, salmonella, serratia,

shigella, yersina, vibrio, campylobocter, pseudomonas, bacteroides=anaerobic


Ans- Gram negative




What is the virus family of the DNA human virus Adenovirus


Ans- Adenoviridae




What is the virus family of the DNA human virus papillomavirus


Ans- Papillomaviridae