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Microbiology Exam Question and answers rated A+ Disease-causing microorganisms are called - correct answer pathogens The microorganisms that recycle nutrients by breaking down dead matter and wastes are called - correct answer decomposers The microorganisms that do not have a nucleus in ...

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Microbiology Exam #1 (Chapter 1,3,4,5,6)
Microbiology - correct answer ✔The specialized area of biology that deals
with organisms too small to be seen with the naked eye


6 major groups of microorganisms - correct answer ✔1. Bacteria
2. Algae
3. Protozoa
4. Helminths
5. Fungi
6. Viruses


What do microbiologists study? - correct answer ✔- Cell structure
- Growth and Physiology
- Genetics
- Taxonomy and evolutionary history
- Interactions with living and non living environment


What are the 6 different branches of study in microbiology? - correct answer
✔1. Medical microbiology
2. Public Health microbiology and Epidemiology
3. Immunology
4. Industrial Microbiology
5. Agricultural Microbiology
6. Environmental Microbiology

,Medical Microbiology - correct answer ✔Study of microbes as they relate to
medicine, deals with microbes that causes disease in humans and animals


Public Health Microbiology and Epidemiology - correct answer ✔Monitor and
control the spread of disease in communities. USPHS, CDC, WHO


Industrial Microbiology - correct answer ✔- Use of microbes to manufacture
important compounds
- Safeguards our food and water
- Also includes biotechnology
- Ranges from bread making to gene therapy
- Microbes can be used to create large quantities of substances such as
amino acids, beer, drugs, enzymes, and vitamins


Agricultural Microbiology - correct answer ✔- Deals with the relationships
between microbes and domesticated plants and animals
- Plant specialists focus on plant diseases, soil fertility, and nutritional
interactions
- Animal specialists work with infectious diseases and other associations
animals have with microorganisms


Immunology - correct answer ✔Studies a diverse areas such as vaccination,
blood testing, and allergy. Immunologists investigate the role of the immune
system in cancer and autoimmune diseases


Environmental Microbiology - correct answer ✔Studies the effect of microbes
on the earth's diverse habitats.
Example- aquatic microbiology, soil microbiology, geomicrobiology, and
astrobiology

,eu-kary means? - correct answer ✔true nucleus; cells with a nucleus are
classified as eukaryotes


Pro-kary means? - correct answer ✔Pre-nucleus; bacteria and archaea do
not have a nucleus and have been traditionally classified as prokaryotes


What is a microbe? - correct answer ✔A microorganism


How are biology and microbiology different? How are they similar? - correct
answer ✔Biology is concerned with all the different scales of size that
microorganisms exist on, but many fields on biology are concerned with more
complex organisms such as mammals. Microbiology is concerned specifically
with smaller, individual organisms. Microbiologists might be concerned with
something as big as a bacteria, and they do study systems, such as the
immune system, but generally they focus on smaller individual organisms.
They are similar because they both study organisms, just on different scales.


Bacteria - correct answer ✔- Unicellular microorganisms
- Some cause human, animal, or plant diseases; others are beneficial.
- Prokaryotic


Algae - correct answer ✔- Unicellular microorganisms
- Prokaryotic
- Food or water borne
- Reproduce Asexually
- Photosythetic


Protozoa - correct answer ✔- Unicellular
- Eukaryotic

, - Live independently or as parasites
- Mostly found in soil or water


Helminths - correct answer ✔- Multicellular
- Eukaryotic
- Worms


Fungi/Yeast - correct answer ✔- Eukaryotic
- Multicellular
- Protists characterized by the absence of chlorophyll and by the presence of
a rigid cell wall


Medical Microbiology - correct answer ✔- Deals with diseases of humans
and animals
- Study the way microorganisms cause disease
- Example: A Microbiologist at the CDC may examine a culture of the
influenza virus in order to understand why is is so harmful


Public Health Microbiology & Epidemiology - correct answer ✔- Monitor and
control the spread of diseases in communities
- CDC, USPHS, & WHO
- Example: Epidemiologists conduct interviews as a part of the effort to curb
the cholera epidemic in Haiti


Immunology - correct answer ✔- Studies the web of protective substances
and cells produced in response to infection
- Vaccination, blood testing, and allergy

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