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Microbiology Final
For micro final at Baker College
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Microbiology
Undergraduate 1
03/11/2013

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Term
What is smaller than a virus?
Definition
Prion
Term
What is the function of bacterial endospores?
Definition
Protection during harsh conditions
Term
What type of organism causes malaria and crypto?
Definition
Protozoa
Term
What type of microorganism lives off dead or decaying material?
Definition
Saphrocytes
Term
What does binary fission refer to?
Definition
Process of bacterial cell replication
Term
What does the cytoskeleton do?
Definition
All of the above
Term
What is the concept that disease is caused by microorganisms?
Definition
Germ theory
Term
What is present in viruses?
Definition
None of the above
Term
What is the theory of spontaneous generation?
Definition
Living things can arise from nonliving matter
Term
What is found in eukaryotic cells and not in prokaryotic cells?
Definition
All of the above
Term
What type of bacteria is round and in chains?
Definition
Streptococci
Term
What scientific name is expressed correctly?
Definition

Bacillus sabtilis


(When on the computer - italize and capitalize ONLY the first letter)

Term
What is cutaneous mycosis?
Definition
Ringworm
Term
What causes spongiform encephalopathies?
Definition
Prions
Term
What parasitizes E. coli?
Definition
T-even phage
Term
What causes a latent viral infection?
Definition
Herpesvirus
Term
What causes infectious mononucleious?
Definition
Epstein-Barr virus
Term
What targets CD4+ cells?
Definition
HIV
Term
Who advocated using disinfectants on hands and in air prior to surgery?
Definition
Lister
Term
What is the acid-fast stain used to determine?
Definition
TB
Term
Which structure is mismatched for bacteria?
Definition

Plasmid - provide cell locomotion

(Flagella provides locomotion)

Term
What is the function of fimbrae?
Definition
Adhering to other structures
Term
What is an obligate parasite?
Definition

organism that needs a host to replicate its life cycle

(virus)

Term
What did Pasteur use a swan-neck flask to prove?
Definition
Dust was the source of living organisms
Term
What is a key feature of an animal viral infection?
Definition

Separation of viral nucleic acid from capsid

(Unenveloping)

Term
Who observed that handwashing would reduce the spread of childbed fever?
Definition
Semmweis
Term
What type of bacteria (after gram stain) appears blue with elongated rods and is clustered?
Definition
Positive bacilli
Term
What is the reproductive structure of yeast cells?
Definition
Budding
Term
What lives on or in a person?
Definition
indigious microflora
Term
What is Fleming known for?
Definition
Discovery of penicillin
Term
What is the definition of microorganisms?
Definition
Too small to be seen
Term
What changes the outcome of a gram-stain?
Definition
Difference (thickness) of cell wall
Term
What is not considered in classifying virus?
Definition
Number of genes
Term
What is not true of viruses?
Definition
Replication is by binary fission
Term
If a cell has a nucleus, it is classified as a?
Definition
eukaryotes
Term
Who was a Dutch merchant who made a quality magnifying glass to see microorganisms?
Definition
Leewhenhook (spelling?)
Term
What microbe has the ability to exist as a trophizite or cyst?
Definition
Protozoa
Term
What is not characteristic of fungi?
Definition
Photosynthesis
Term
What is mycosis?
Definition
Fungal infection
Term
What is the term for flagella covering the entire cell?
Definition
Peritrich
Term
What is Koch's postulates used to establish?
Definition
Specific microbe as the cause of a specific disease
Term
What causes intoxication?
Definition
Algae
Term
What does all bacterial cells have?
Definition
One or more chromosomes
Term
What is the correct series of events in viral multiplication?
Definition
Adsorption, penetration, replication, assembly, release
Term
What does bacteria cells not have?
Definition
Cilia
Term
What is an example of an oncovirus?
Definition
HPV
Term
What is an infectious protein particle?
Definition
Prion
Term
How do molds reproduce?
Definition
Spores
Term
What does the core of every virus always contain?
Definition
Either RNA or DNA
Term
What is a virulence factor?
Definition
Any weapon or tactic used to cause infection
Term
What does C. perfringins cause?
Definition
Food poisoning
Term
What does S. pyogenes cause?
Definition
Skin infections, strep throat
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