Exam 1 MicroBiology Delgado Study
Guide with Complete Solutions
Robert Hooke - Answer️️ -He was an Englishman who first
discovered cells
He looked at slices of cork and saw what he described as cellulae,
which is Latin for little room
Here is what he saw → the cells were the remains of ...
Exam 1 MicroBiology Delgado Study
Guide with Complete Solutions
Robert Hooke - Answer✔️✔️-He was an Englishman who first
discovered cells
He looked at slices of cork and saw what he described as cellulae,
which is Latin for little room
Here is what he saw → the cells were the remains of once living
plant cells
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek - Answer✔️✔️-He was a Dutch fabric
merchant, he was the first to describe living cells
Using this simple/basic microscope he was able to describe some
bacteria, protists, nematodes (roundworms), blood cells, sperm cell,
and lots of others
Lister - Answer✔️✔️-English surgeon who sterilized his equipment
Cell Theory - Answer✔️✔️-All known living things are made up of one
or more cells
Cells are the basic units of all living things
Cells arise from preexisting cells by cell division
Cells contain hereditary info that is passed on during cell division
Scientific Theory - Answer✔️✔️-Explanation supported by a large
amount of evidence
Yeast - Answer✔️✔️-Microscopic single celled fungus
Bioremediation - Answer✔️✔️-Microorganisms are used to degrade
environmental pollutants; also used to clean up oil spills
Disease - Answer✔️✔️-One area where microbes have direct effects
on our lives
Prokaryotes - Answer✔️✔️-Do NOT have a membrane-bound
(enclosed) nucleus
Eukaryotes - Answer✔️✔️-HAVE a membrane-bound nucleus and
organelles
Archaea - Answer✔️✔️-Ancient bacteria
Non-Peptidoglycan prokaryotic microbes
Thermophiles - Answer✔️✔️-Live in high temperatures (90-100 C)
Halophiles - Answer✔️✔️-Live in extremely salty environments
Extremophiles - Answer✔️✔️-High salt concentration/temp
Methanogens - Answer✔️✔️-Produce methane gas
Bacteria - Answer✔️✔️-New bacteria
Prokaryotic Pathogen - Answer✔️✔️-Microbes with peptidoglycans
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