CHAPTER 1 History of Microbiology

1) Antoni van Leeuwenhoek was the first person in history to - C) view microorganisms and record these observations. 1) Microbiologists study only single-celled organisms. - FALSE 1) The amateur scientist (Koch/Leeuwenhoek/Pasteur) made his own microscopes and first reported the existence of microbes. - Leeuwenhoek 1) You are a young scientist who has just learned about one of the hot topics in microbiology, biofilms. One aspect of the interest in biofilms is that the microbes living within biofilms appear to behave and function differently from their counterparts not living in a biofilm. Devise a way to explore the idea. (Do not focus on the technical details of how this might be accomplished.) - Many answers are possible. A good answer should have a clear statement of hypothesis and an experimental design that reflects the hypothesis and will provide interpretable quantitative results. An excellent answer may include projections of possible outcomes and/or alternative hypotheses. 2) A microbe with a cell wall and no internal membrane enclosing the DNA is a prokaryote. - TRUE