Microbiology - A Systems Approach: Chapter 1 Questions And Correct Answers
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Module
Microbiology
Institution
Microbiology
Microbiology - Correct Answer The study of living things too small to be seen without magnification
Sub-diciplines of microbiology - Correct Answer Bacteriology, Mycology, Phycology, Protozoology, Virology, Immunology
Examples of human use of microbiology: industrial - Correct Answer Producti...
Examples of human use of microbiology: industrial - Correct Answer Production of
important compounds like antibiotics, MSG, and ethanol
Human use of microbiology in food - Correct Answer yeast for beer, bread; formation
of alcohol for beverages
Human use of microbiology in biotechnology - specifically in genetic engineering -
Correct Answer Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), creation of new products
Bioremediation - Correct Answer Introduction of microbes into the environment to
resort stability or clean up toxic pollutants such as oil spills or chemical spills, or for
use in water and sewage treatment
Examples of human use of microbiology: biotechnology - Recombinant DNA
Technology - Correct Answer Allows microbes to be engineered to synthesize
desirable proteins (i.e. drugs, hormones, and enzymes)
General characteristics of Prokaryotic organisms - Correct Answer About 10x smaller
than eukaryotes.
Lack nucleus, organelles.
Have a cell wall.
All are microorganisms.
General characteristics of Eukaryotic organisms - Correct Answer About 10 x bigger
than prokaryotes. Have organelles and nucleus
Lack cell wall.
Not all are microorganisms
General characteristics of Viruses - Correct Answer Not independently living cellular
organisms.
Much simpler than cells - basically a small amount of DNA or RNA wrapped in
protein and sometimes by a lipid membrane (envelope).
Individual are referred to as a virus particle or vision.
Depend on the infected cell's machinery to multiply and disperse.
Louis Pasteur - Correct Answer Discovered Pasteurization
Developed the Germ Theory of Disease
Robert Koch - Correct Answer Verified Germ Theory
Developed Koch's Postulates
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