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Microbiology and Parasitology questions and answers When was the term microbiology first used - 1860s What four areas of study are encompassed by clinical microbiology - Viruses, fungi, bacteria, and parasites What is the difference between a pathogen and an opportunistic pathogen - Pathogen: a bacteria capable of causing a disease Opportunistic pathogen: microorganisms that invade the body and cause illness only when the body's immune defense are impaired or absent How do bacterial ...

Microbiology questions and answers grade A+ The relationship between a parasite and its host would be termed: - Antagonism Microorganisms that can grow in the absence of oxygen are called: - anaerobic A genus of bacteria that are gram-positive occurring in pairs: - diplococcus The causative agent for endemic typhus (fleaborne typhus) is: - Rickettsia typhi The temperature at which a microorganism grows best is: - optimum temperature The white blood cells generally found to be in the highes...

Intro to Microbiology questions and answers Microbiology - the study of small life Examples of microbes... - Bacteria, Archaea ,Fungi, Protozoa ,Multicellular Animal Parasite, Algae, Viruses Microbes are mostly... - unicellular Bacteria outnumber human cells - 10: 1 1g of soil = - 1 million SPECIES bacteria 1ml of seawater = - 50 million viruses What is Streptomyces parvulus being used for? - to make anti-cancer dru

ASU EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+ Bacterial cultures are typically incubated for [_________] hours at [__________]oC. - 18-24 to 35- 37 A medium that aids in the presumptive identification of organisms based on their apperance on the medium is called: - differential CLIA was established to provide oversight to: - any lab performing patient testing The microbiologist receiving the specimens notices a discrepancy between the patient identifiers on the requisition and the specime...