AND THEIR 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
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