Intro to Microbiology Test Questions with 100% Complete Solutions, Rated A+

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 Botulism is caused by...? - Clostridium botulinum Clostridium botulinum is used in what and does what? - used in botox and paralyzes the face Gonorrhea is caused by - Neisseria gonorrheae Gonorrhea is becoming - drug resistant Salmenolosis is caused - Salmonella newport Salmenolosis is - food poisoning Archaea do not cause - disease Archaea may have been - the origin of bacteria Archaea are - weird suckers Archaea are classified as - prokaryotes but have components of prokaryotes & eukaryotes Archaea do not have - peptidoglycan Archaea's membrane is similar to - eukaryotes Archaea live in - extreme conditions halophile means - high salt thermophile means - high temperature Fungi are classified as - eukaryotes Fungi are both - unicelluar & multicellular