Chapter 1 BONUS

Microbiology involves the study of microscopic organisms or agents, including which of the following?

-Helminths -Viruses -Bacteria -Protozoa -Fungi

Which of the following are criteria for the Whittaker system to classify organisms?

-Nutritional type -Structure -Body organization -Cell type

Which of the following are criteria for the Whittaker system to classify organisms?

-Nutritional type -Cell type -Body organization -Structure

The major types of microorganisms or agents include which of the following?

-Protozoa -Viruses -Fungi -Bacteria -Algae ALL OF THEM

Which of the following are major branches of study in microbiology?

-Virology -Bacteriology -Mycology

The five kingdoms of the Whittaker classification are

-monera -fungi -protists -plants -animals

What is a helminth?

A parasitic worm

Which photosynthetic single-celled or multicellular microorganisms are often found in aquatic environments?

Algae

Who developed the first single-lens microscope?

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Which of the following microorganisms represent prokaryotic cell types?

Bacteria

Humans belong the the Phylum ________and Class ______________

Blank 1: Chordata Blank 2: Mammalia

Which scientist discovered heat-resistant endospores?

Ferdinand Cohn

Which group of microorganisms includes the parasitic worms?

Helminths

Humans and apes belong to the Family

Hominoidea or Hominidae

Which describes a good hypothesis?

It must be able to be supported or rejected by experimentation.

The formal system of organizing, classifying, and naming living things was started by which of the following scientists?

Linnaeus

A prokaryotic microorganism in which of the following kingdoms using the Whittaker system of classification?

Monera

term defines the organism in/on which smaller organisms (or viruses) live, feed, and reproduce?

Pathogen

Which is correct regarding the writing of an organism's name?

Staphylococcus aureus

Which event helped establish the science of microbiology?

The development of the microscope

True or false: When writing a binomial name, the initial letter of the genus is capitalized and the species is in lower case.

True

Which term is not used to describe microscopic organisms?

Vertebrates

What microbe is not cellular (acellular) and is composed of nucleic acid surrounded by a protein coat?

Virus

protozoa

are the group of single-celled eukaryotic organisms that lack a cell wall.

The study of small, single-celled prokaryotic organisms is called

bacteriology

Taxonomy

classification, naming, and identification of microorganisms

The theory of ____________states that living things change gradually over time through natural selection.

evolution

For the microbe, Escherichia coli, Escherichia represents the ____________level of classification

genus

Fungi

heterotrophic unicellular or multicellular eukaryotic organisms including yeast, molds, mushroom

Physiology

investigation of organismal metabolism at the cellular and molecular levels

Microbiology

is a specialized area of biology that deals with living things ordinarily too small to be seen without magnification.

hypothesis

is tentative explanation of an observation.

mycology

is the study of fungi.

protozoology

is the study of protozoa.

Virology

is the study of viruses.

pathogen

is the term used for any infectious agent that causes disease, such as parasites, bacteria, and viruses.

In the levels of classification, the___________is the level just below domain.

kingdom

Charles Darwin labeled the process of evolution as

natural selection

Microorganisms are _____________meaning they are found in all natural habitats as well as most artificial habitats created by humans.

obiquitous

Microbiology has many branches of study, including_______________ which is the study of pathogenic protozoa, helminth worms, and certain insects.

parasitology

Phycology or algology

study of simple photosynthetic eukaryotes, the algae; ranging from single-celled forms to large seaweeds

Microbial genetics and molecular biology

study of the genetic material and biochemical reactions that make up a cell's metabolism

Microbial ecology

the interrelationships between microbes and the environment; the roles of microorganisms in nutrient cycles and natural ecosystems

Bacteriology

the study of bacteria; small, single-celled prokaryotic organisms

Protozoology

the study of protozoa; a group of mostly single-celled eukaryotes

Morphology

the study of the detailed structure of microorganisms

Virology

the study of viruses; noncellular particles that parasitize cells