Intro to Microbiology Exam #1 Questions with Correct Answers
Microbiology - ✔✔the study of small life
Examples of microbes... - ✔✔Bacteria, Archaea ,Fungi, Protozoa ,Multicellular
Animal Parasite, Algae, Viruses
Microbes are mostly... - ✔✔unicellular
Bacteria outnumber human cells - ✔✔10: 1
1g of soil = - ✔✔1 million SPECIES bacteria
1ml of seawater = - ✔✔50 million viruses
What is Streptomyces parvulus being used for? - ✔✔to make anti-cancer drugs
Bacteria are... - ✔✔Prokaryotic & unicellular
Prokaryotic means... - ✔✔before nucleus & no membrane bound organelles
3 shapes of bacteria are... - ✔✔coccus, bacillus, & spirillium
Coccus means... - ✔✔round shape
, Bacillus means... - ✔✔rod shaped
Spirillium means... - ✔✔spiral shaped
Bacteria cell wall is comprised of..? - ✔✔peptidoglycan & carbohydrates
Peptidoglycan is specific to... - ✔✔bacteria
How long has bacteria been around? - ✔✔3.5 billion years
Yellowstone hot springs... - ✔✔bacteria lives there causes the spring to turn red
What does MRSA stand for? - ✔✔methecillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
MRSA can cause... - ✔✔MRSA infection
Bacillus anthrasis causes - ✔✔Anthrax
Bacillus anthrasis is used in... - ✔✔biological warfare
Gas gangrene is caused by - ✔✔Clostridium perfringens
Diabetics are prone to - ✔✔gas gangrene caused by Clostridium perfringens
Microbiology - ✔✔the study of small life
Examples of microbes... - ✔✔Bacteria, Archaea ,Fungi, Protozoa ,Multicellular
Animal Parasite, Algae, Viruses
Microbes are mostly... - ✔✔unicellular
Bacteria outnumber human cells - ✔✔10: 1
1g of soil = - ✔✔1 million SPECIES bacteria
1ml of seawater = - ✔✔50 million viruses
What is Streptomyces parvulus being used for? - ✔✔to make anti-cancer drugs
Bacteria are... - ✔✔Prokaryotic & unicellular
Prokaryotic means... - ✔✔before nucleus & no membrane bound organelles
3 shapes of bacteria are... - ✔✔coccus, bacillus, & spirillium
Coccus means... - ✔✔round shape
, Bacillus means... - ✔✔rod shaped
Spirillium means... - ✔✔spiral shaped
Bacteria cell wall is comprised of..? - ✔✔peptidoglycan & carbohydrates
Peptidoglycan is specific to... - ✔✔bacteria
How long has bacteria been around? - ✔✔3.5 billion years
Yellowstone hot springs... - ✔✔bacteria lives there causes the spring to turn red
What does MRSA stand for? - ✔✔methecillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
MRSA can cause... - ✔✔MRSA infection
Bacillus anthrasis causes - ✔✔Anthrax
Bacillus anthrasis is used in... - ✔✔biological warfare
Gas gangrene is caused by - ✔✔Clostridium perfringens
Diabetics are prone to - ✔✔gas gangrene caused by Clostridium perfringens
