TestBank For Microbiology - Comprehensive Final Exam | Questions & Verified Answers| 2025 / 2026.

TestBank For Microbiology - Comprehensive Final Exam | Questions & Verified Answers| 2025 / 2026. Define Microbiology Study of living organisms & acellular biological entities too small to be seen without the aid of a microscope; study of microorganisms Types of organisms studied in microbiology & their branches of microbiology **Living organisms:o Bacteria - unicellular organisms o Algae - unicellular organism that photosynthesize (does not cause disease) o Protozoa - unicellular organism that are animal-likeo Fungi - unicellular or multicellular organisms (yeast or molds)o Helminths - multicellular eukaryotic worms**Acellular organisms (not alive): o Viruses - infectious agents composed of protein and nucleic acid, must invade host cell to multiplyo Viroids - infectious agents composed of only RNA (ribonucleic acid)o Prions - infectious protiens (cause mad cow disease)