BIOS 242 Fundamentals of Microbiology
Chapter 1 question with answers
What is Microbiology? - -The study of microscopic organisms
-Major group of microorganisms - -Bacteria, Viruses, protozoa, helminths, and fungi.
All these are cellular organisms except for the Viruses.
-Viruses - -Cause harm to the host cell they infect.
-Medical Microbiology - -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 - -These branches monitor and
control the spread of diseases in communities
-Immunology - -This branch studies the complex web of protective substances and
cells produced in response to infection.
-Industrial Microbiology - -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 - -This branch is concerned with the relationship between
microbes and domesticated plants and animals
-Environmental Microbiology - -branch of microbiology studying the role of
microorganisms in soils, water, and other habitats
-LUCA - -Last Universal Common Ancestor. The shared ancestor that multiple
organisms diverged from
-Eukaryotes - -organisms made up of one or more cells that have a nucleus and
membrane-bound organelles
-Bacteria and Archaea - -prokaryotic cells
-Prokaryotic cell - -cell that does not have a nucleus or other membrane-bound
organelles.
-Evolution - -Accumulation of Changes that occurs in organisms as they adapt to
their environment.
Chapter 1 question with answers
What is Microbiology? - -The study of microscopic organisms
-Major group of microorganisms - -Bacteria, Viruses, protozoa, helminths, and fungi.
All these are cellular organisms except for the Viruses.
-Viruses - -Cause harm to the host cell they infect.
-Medical Microbiology - -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 - -These branches monitor and
control the spread of diseases in communities
-Immunology - -This branch studies the complex web of protective substances and
cells produced in response to infection.
-Industrial Microbiology - -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 - -This branch is concerned with the relationship between
microbes and domesticated plants and animals
-Environmental Microbiology - -branch of microbiology studying the role of
microorganisms in soils, water, and other habitats
-LUCA - -Last Universal Common Ancestor. The shared ancestor that multiple
organisms diverged from
-Eukaryotes - -organisms made up of one or more cells that have a nucleus and
membrane-bound organelles
-Bacteria and Archaea - -prokaryotic cells
-Prokaryotic cell - -cell that does not have a nucleus or other membrane-bound
organelles.
-Evolution - -Accumulation of Changes that occurs in organisms as they adapt to
their environment.
