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Microbiology Question and answers already passed 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 i...

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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 their cells are called -
correct answer ✔prokaryotes


When humans manipulate the genes of microorganisms, the process is called
- correct answer ✔genetic engineering


Which of the following are not considered microorganisms? - correct answer
✔mosquitos


All microorganisms are best defined as organisms that - correct answer ✔are
too small too be seen with an unaided eye


Which activity is an example of biotechnology? - correct answer ✔humans
using yeast to make beer and wine


Which of the following is a unique characteristic of viruses that distinguishes
them from the other major groups of microorganisms? - correct answer
✔viruses lack ribosomes


Who was the Dutch merchant that made and used quality magnifying lenses
to see and record microorganisms? - correct answer ✔Antonie van
Leeuwenhoek

,Pasteur used swan-neck flasks in his experiments to prove that - correct
answer ✔dust in air was a source of living microorganisms


Which of the following is not a process in the scientific method? - correct
answer ✔Belief in a preconceived idea


Spontaneous generation is the idea that - correct answer ✔living things arise
from nonliving matter


Koch's postulates are criteria used to establish that - correct answer ✔a
specific microbe is the cause of a specific disease.


Which of the following is a taxon that contains all the other taxa listed? -
correct answer ✔kingdom


Which of the following is a scientific name? - correct answer ✔Bacillus
subtilis


Taxonomy does not involve - correct answer ✔Koch's postulates


The smallest taxon is - correct answer ✔species


The study of evolutionary relationships among organisms is called - correct
answer ✔phylogeny


A scientist studying similarities in the sequence of nucleotides in rRNA of two
bacterial species is working on - correct answer ✔determining evolutionary
relatedness.

, A scientist discovers a new microbial species. It is a single-celled eukaryote
without cell walls. In which kingdom will it likely be classified? - correct
answer ✔Protista


A scientist collecting grass clippings to find the source of an outbreak of
tularemia is an example of working in the field of - correct answer
✔epidemiology.


Helminths are - correct answer ✔parasitic worms


All of the following pertain to photosynthesis, except - correct answer ✔it
occurs only in members of the kingdom Plantae.


Organisms called parasites are - correct answer ✔always harmful to their
host.


Who was the surgeon that advocated using disinfectants on hands and in the
air prior to surgery? - correct answer ✔Joseph Lister


Which scientist showed that anthrax was caused by the bacterium Bacillus
anthracis? - correct answer ✔Robert Koch


Which of the following lists the correct descending taxonomic hierarchy (left to
right)? - correct answer ✔Family, Genus, Species


When assigning a scientific name to an organism, - correct answer ✔both
genus and species names are italicized or underlined.

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