Microbiology Straighterline Unit 1
Questions And Answers With Verified
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Microorganism - ANSWER✔✔ Organisms too small to be seen by the naked eye
Less than 1mm
Unicellular
If multicellular thay lack different tissues
acellular microorganisms - ANSWER✔✔ viruses -protein and nucleic acid,
viroids - RNA
satellites -nucleic acid with a protein shell
prions- protein
prokaryotic cell - ANSWER✔✔ cell that does not have a nucleus or other
membrane-bound organelles.
Eukaryotic cells - ANSWER✔✔ Contain a nucleus and other organelles that are
bound by membranes.
, Carl Woese - ANSWER✔✔ Devised a system of classification based on the cellular
organization of organisms (bacteria and archaea)
Protista Kingdom - ANSWER✔✔ Single cell, microscopic organisms, EUkaryotic
cells
Bacteria - ANSWER✔✔ Can be pathogens (Black Plague)
Human biome
Break down dead animal and plant cells
Used to make bread cheese antibiotics vitamins and enzymes
Bacteria are abundant where - ANSWER✔✔ Extreme sites of temperature PH and
salinity. Major part of human microbiome
Domain Archaea - ANSWER✔✔ One of the three domains of life; contains
prokaryotic cells that often live in extreme habitats and have unique genetic,
biochemical, and physiological characteristics; its members are sometimes
referred to as archaea.
Domain Eukarya - ANSWER✔✔ Domain of all organisms whose cells have nuclei,
including protists, plants, fungi, and animals
Major types of protists - ANSWER✔✔ algae, protozoa, slime molds, water molds
Algae are - ANSWER✔✔ photosynthetic and produce oxygen, foundation of
aquatic food chains
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