BIOL 2460- Nursing Microbiology Final Exam Review Questions and Correct Answers
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BIO 2460
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BIO 2460
5 Major Groups of Microbes 1)Bacteria
2)Viruses
3)Fungi
4)Algae
5)Protozoa
When bacteria, archaea, eukaryotes arise Arose 2.9 Billion years ago
Important roles microbes play on earth for life to exist Roles include:
-life-nutrient cycling
-decomposition
-maintain atmosphere
-regul...
BIOL 2460- Nursing Microbiology Final
Exam Review Questions and Correct
Answers
5 Major Groups of Microbes ✅1)Bacteria
2)Viruses
3)Fungi
4)Algae
5)Protozoa
When bacteria, archaea, eukaryotes arise ✅Arose 2.9 Billion years ago
Important roles microbes play on earth for life to exist ✅Roles include:
-life-nutrient cycling
-decomposition
-maintain atmosphere
-regulate tempurature
How humans use microbes ✅Many examples:
Yeast: Production of wine, bread, beer.
Fungi: used with yogurt, cheese production
Mold: Moldy bread to treat wounds.
Biotechnology:
Manipulate microorganisms to make products in industrial setting
Genetic Engineering:
Manipulate the genetics of microbes, plants, and animals to create new products and
GMOs
Bioremediation:
clean up toxic pollutants
Use microbes to break down oil from spills.
Infectious disease death U.S. ✅1)Lower Respiratory
2)Flu
3)Pneumonia
Infectious disease death Worldwide ✅1)Lower respiratory from flu & Pneumonia
2)Diarrheal Disease
3)HIV/AIDS/TB
, What is pneumonia, what can cause it? ✅Inflammation of alveoli, w/ fluid
-can be caused by influenza
Why is the flu more severe this season? ✅-H3N2 mutates faster
- More difficult to grow H3N2 in eggs
Most infectious microbe (non-human transmission) ✅Malaria
Most infectious microbe (human-to-human transmission) ✅Measles
Examples of emerging and re-emerging diseases ✅Emerging: SARS, MERS, Lassa
Fever, Ebola, HIV, Nipah virus
Re-emerging: Yellow fever, Cholera, Plaque, Dengue, wooping cough (pertussis), West
Nile, Measles
Examples of diseases considered noninfectious, now found to be caused by microbes
✅-Gastric ulcers caused by H. Pylori
-Link between cancers and bacteria and viruses
-Cocksackie Virus -->diabetes
-Borna Agent -> Schizophrenia
Section 1.5 all of it ✅
Not going to ask about difference theory/principle
Not going to ask numbers on this flu season
Not going to ask about RO number ✅
What is Spontaneous Generation? ✅The hypothetical process by which living
organisms develop from nonliving matter.
Whom did the experiments disproving spontaneous generation? What were the
experiments? ✅-Francesco Redi: Left one jar with meat opened and maggots
appeared in the open jar. The closed jar had no maggots present.
-Louis Pasteur:
What did Hooke discover? ✅Earliest observation of microbes in 1600's, "cell" not alive
What did Leeuwenhoek discover? ✅-Fist live cells
-Made crude microscope to examine threads in fabrics
-made drawings of "animalcules"
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