Microbiology Practice Quiz 1

Which of the following statements concerning Koch's postulates is false?

A suspected pathogen must be found in the majority of the individual's with a particular disease

Which of the following individuals pioneered the use of chemicals to reduce the incidence of infections during surgery?

Lister

Who of the following provided evidence needed to discredit the concept of spontaneous generation

Louis Pasteur

Pasteur made all of the following observations concerning the fermentation of grape juice except

Pasteurization kills yeast to prevent spoilage of grape juice

All of the following individuals were involved in the development of the germ theory of disease except

Redi

Who of the following was the first to observe and accurately describe microorganisms

Van leehowek

John Tyndall

Found that microbes in the dust and air have high heat resistance

which of the following scientists was not directly involved in the spontaneous generation controversy?

Fractorso

Prokaryotic cells do not possess a true nucleus

true

Louis Pasteur was the first scientist to provide evidence disproving the spontaneous generation of microorganisms

False

Redi ran an experiment to explain the origin of flies?

False

Redi's experiment with swan neck flasks were designed to explain the theory of spontaneous generation

False

You dig a pond in your backyard. You do not stock it with any fish. A few years later, you discover that your pond contains some small species of fish. You can explain their presence by abiogenesis theory

False