Microbiology Chapter 1 potential test questions Flashcards

Developed smallpox immunization

First photomicrograph of bacteria

Germ Theory of disease

Germs cause disease

Sought a "magic bullet to destroy pathogens

early epidemiologist

Father of microbiology

Classification system

Discoverer of bacteria

Discoverer of protozoa

Founder of antiseptic surgery

Developed the most widely used bacterial staining technique

Which of the following microorganisms are not eukaryotic?

1. bacteria
2. yeasts
3. molds
4. protozoa

Which microorganisms are used to make microbiological growth media?

1. bacteria
2. fungi
3. algae
4. protozoa

In which habitat would you most likely find archaea

1. acidic hot springs
2. swamp mud
3. Great Salt Lake
4. all of the above

Of the following scientists, who first promulgated the theory of abiogenesis?

1. Aristotle
2. Pasteur
3. Needham
4. Spallanzani

Which of the following scientists hypothesized that bacterial colony arises from a single bacterial cell?

1. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
2. Louis Pasteur
3. Robert Koch
4. Richard Petri

Which scientist first hypothesized that medical personnel can infect patients with pathogens?

1. Edward Jenner
2. Joseph Lister
3. John Snow
4. Ignaz Semmelweis

Leewenhoek described microorganisms as ______________

1. animalcules
2. prokaryotes
3. eukaryotes
4. protozoa

Which of the following favored the theory of spontaneous generation?

1. Spallanzani
2. Needham
3. Pasteur
4. Koch

A scientist who studies the role of microorganisms in the environment is?

1. a genetic techologist
2. an earth microbiologist
3. an epidemiologist
4. an environmental microbiologist

The laboratory of Robert Koch contributed which of the following to the field of microbiology?

1. simple staining technique
2. use of petri dishes
3. first photomicrograph of bacteria
4. all of the above