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Test Bank for Prescott's Microbiology, 12th Edition by JoanneWilleyPrescott's Microbiology, 12e (Willey) Chapter 1 The Evolution of Microorganisms and Microbiology 1) Archaea are cellular organisms that have unique cell membrane . Answer: lipids Topic: Archaea Bloom's/Accessibility: 1. Remember...

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Chapter 1
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1. Which of the following distinguish the field of microbiology from other fields of biology?



A. The size of the organism studied
B. The techniques used to study organisms regardless of their size
C. Both the size of the organism studied and the techniques employed in the study of organisms
D. Neither the size of the organism studied nor the techniques employed in the study of
organisms regardless of their size


2. Who of the following developed a set of criteria that could be used to establish a causative link
between a particular microorganism and a particular disease?



A. Fracastoro
B. Koch
C. Pasteur
D. Lister


3. Who of the following was the first to observe and accurately describe microorganisms?



A. Pasteur
B. Lister
C. Van Leeuwenhoek
D. Tyndall

,4. Who of the following provided the evidence needed to discredit the concept of spontaneous
generation?



A. Pasteur
B. Koch
C. Semmelweiss
D. Lister


5. The ribosomal RNA studies that led to the division of procaryotic organisms into the Bacteria and
the Archea were begun by



A. Pasteur
B. Woese
C. Needham
D. Watson


6. The concept that living organisms arise from nonliving material is called



A. Biogenesis
B. Cell theory
C. Spontaneous generation
D. Germ theory


7. Cells with a relatively simple cell morphology that do not have a true membrane-delimited nucleus
are called



A. Procaryotes
B. Eucaryotes
C. Urcaryotes
D. Nocaryotes

,8. The concept that human and animal diseases are caused by microorganisms is called the



A. Cell theory
B. Germ theory
C. Causative theory
D. Disease theory


9. Cells with a relatively complex morphology that have a true membrane-delimited nucleus are
called



A. Procaryotes
B. Eucaryotes
C. Urcaryotes
D. Nocaryotes


10. Whose work on spontaneous generation first demonstrated the existence of a very heat-resistant
form of bacteria that are called endospores?



A. Schwann
B. Redi
C. Tyndall
D. Pasteur


11. Protists contain all of the following forms of life except



A. Protozoa
B. Fungi
C. Slime molds
D. Algae

, 12. Antiseptic surgery was pioneered by



A. Pasteur
B. Lister
C. Jenner
D. Kitasato


13. Studies by Emil von Behring and Shibasaburo Kitasato demonstrated that inactivated toxins can
induce the synthesis of antitoxins in the blood of rabbits. These antitoxins (antibodies) are the
basis of



A. Humoral immunity
B. Cell-mediated immunity
C. Antibiotic immunity
D. Phagocyte-mediated immunity


14. The first surgical antiseptic to be used was



A. Iodine
B. Ethanol
C. Phenol
D. None of the choices


15. Old cultures of bacteria that have lost their ability to cause disease are said to be



A. Impotent
B. Virulent
C. Pathogenic
D. Attenuated

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