BIOS242 / BIOS 242: Fundamentals of Microbiology Chamberlain

BIOS242 / BIOS 242: Fundamentals of Microbiology Chamberlain What is Microbiology? - CORRECT Answer The study of microscopic organisms Major group of microorganisms - CORRECT Answer Bacteria, Viruses, protozoa, helminths, and fungi. All these are cellular organisms except for the Viruses. Viruses - CORRECT Answer Cause harm to the host cell they infect. Medical Microbiology - CORRECT Answer this branch deals with microbes that cause diseases in humans and animals. researchers examine factors that make the microbes virulent and mechanisms for inhibiting them Public Health Microbiology and Epidemiology - CORRECT Answer These branches monitor and control the spread of diseases in communities Immunology - CORRECT Answer This branch studies the complex web of protective substances and cells produced in response to infection. Industrial Microbiology - CORRECT Answer This branch safeguards our food and water, and also includes biotechnology, the use of microbial metabolism to arrive at a desired product, ranging from bread making to gene therapy. microbes can be used to create large quantities of substances such as amino acids, beer, drugs, enzymes, and vitamins Agricultural Microbiology - CORRECT Answer This branch is concerned with the relationship between microbes and domesticated plants and animals Environmental Microbiology - CORRECT Answer branch of microbiology studying the role of microorganisms in soils, water, and other habitats LUCA - CORRECT Answer Last Universal Common Ancestor. The shared ancestor that multiple organisms diverged from Eukaryotes - CORRECT Answer organisms made up of one or more cells that have a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles Bacteria and Archaea - CORRECT Answer prokaryotic cells Prokaryotic cell - CORRECT Answer cell that does not have a nucleus or other membrane-bound organelles.