EXAMINATION TEST 2026 FULL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉Staphylococcus. Answer: Bacteria on skin and mucous membranes
◉Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Answer: causes tuberculosis
◉Are too small for the light microscope. Answer: Viruses, 20-200nm
◉Properties of viruses. Answer: - Are obligate intracellular parasites
(cannot reproduce outside of host cell) of bacteria, protozoa, fungi,
algae, plants, and animals
- have a protein shell
- are either DNA or RNA, but can't be both
-lack enzymes and machinery for synthesizing proteins
◉Viruses become. Answer: Engulfed inside the cell, hijack the cell,
makes copies, gets released through coughing, sneezing, saliva
, ◉Golden Era of Microbiology. Answer: (1857-1914) 90% of
pathogens discoverd
◉Observed first cells. Answer: Robert Hooke - father of cell biology,
coined the term cell in 1664
◉Zacharias Lanssen. Answer: who was credited with the invention
of the compound microscope?
◉Built the very first microscope in 1684. Answer: Antoine Van
Leeuwenhoek
◉Theodor Schwann 1837. Answer: He is most famous for his role in
the development of cell theory.
◉Rudolf Virchow 1858. Answer: said cells arise from preexisting
cells (biogenesis)
◉Louis Pasteur. Answer: A French chemist, this man discovered that
heat could kill bacteria that otherwise spoiled liquids including milk,
wine, and beer. (Pasteurization)
◉Koch's postulates (1876). Answer: Discovered the link between
disease and organisms