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Fundamentals of Microbiology Question and answers verified to pass Fundamentals of Microbiology Microbes - correct answer -minute living things that are unicellular or live in a colony -include bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and microscopic algae, and viruses -live in all parts of the biosphe...

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Fundamentals of Microbiology
Microbes - correct answer ✔-minute living things that are unicellular or live in
a colony
-include bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and microscopic algae, and viruses
-live in all parts of the biosphere


Normal microbiota - correct answer ✔a variety of microorganisms on and
inside the human body that are neutral and often beneficial by protecting
against disease or producing useful substances


Bacteria - correct answer ✔-relatively simple, single-celled organisms
(prokaryotes)
-appear in several shapes: bacillus, coccus, and spiral
-enclosed in cell walls largely composed of carbs and peptidoglycan
-reproduce via binary fission


Archaea - correct answer ✔-consist of prokaryotic cells
-cell walls lack peptidoglycan
-often found in extreme environments
-not known to cause disease


Fungi - correct answer ✔-eukaryotes that may be unicellular or multicellular
-cell walls composed primarily of chitin
-yeasts are the unicellular form of fungi
-molds form masses called mycelia composed of long filaments called hyphae
-reproduce sexually and asexually

, Protozoa - correct answer ✔-unicellular eukaryotic microbes
-move via psuedopods, flagella, cilia, or cytoplasm
-variety of shapes and live as free entities or parasites
-reproduce both ways


Algae - correct answer ✔-photosynthetic eukaryotes with a wide variety of
shapes
-both asexual and sexual forms
-cell walls composed of cellulose
-produce oxygen and carbohydrates via photosynthesis that are used by other
organisms


Viruses - correct answer ✔-very small and acellular
-core contains only one type of nucleic acid surrounded by a protein coat
-reproduce only by using cellular machinery of other organisms
-only living when they multiply within host cells


Spontaneous Generation Theory - correct answer ✔-common belief that
toads, snakes, and mice could be born of moist soil and flies could emerge
from corpses
-forms of life could arise spontaneously from nonliving matter
- John Needham found that after heating nutrient fluids and pouring them into
covered flasks, the cooled solutions would be teeming with microorganisms


Cell Theory - correct answer ✔-all living cells are composed of cells
-based on Robert Hooke's observation of cells in a slice of cork

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