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