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Developed Small pox immunization
Edward Jenner
Sought a "magic bullet" to destroy pathogen
Paul Ehrlich
Discovered penicllin
Alexander Flemming
Pioneered aseptic surgery
Joseph Lister
Father of Epidemiology (cholera in London)
John Snow
Pioneered asepsis by discovering that handwashing prevented streptococcal infections in obstetric patients
Ignaz Semmelweis
Pioneered cultivation of bacteria on solid media
Robert Koch
Disproved the theory of spontaneous generation of microorganisms with swan neck flasks
Louis Pasteur
First person to see bacteria
Antoni Leeuwenhoek
Disproved the theory of spontaneous generation of flies from meat (father of scientific method)
Francesco Redi
Which of the following microorganisms is noted for its variety of locomotive structures?
protozoa
Fungi:
can be yeasts, are eurkaryotic, and can be molds
The person who proposed that all celular life belongs to one of 3 domains (bacteria, archaea, eukaryea) based upon RNA sequence is...
Karl Woese
Which would a typical cell membrane be least permeable?
Hydrogen H+ ion
Which of the following organisms are responsible for red tides involved in shell fish poisoning?
algae
short, numerous, non-motile projections used for adherence
fimbriae
Made of tubulin in eukaryotes
flagella
Responsible for motility in spirochetes
axial filaments
Central role in conjugation
pili
Means "sugar-cup"; most often composed of polysaccharides
Glycocalyx
The endosymbiotic theory explains its presence in the cell
mitochondrion
Composed of RNA and protein; role in protein synthesis
ribosomes
Polysaccharide chains crosslinked by short peptides.
peptidoglycan
The main permeability barrier of the cell.
Cell membrane
Resting structure built for survival in harsh conditions
endospore
All of the following statements concerning prokaryotic flagella are TRUE EXCEPT:
composed of tubulin
Which of the following terms is not associated with bacterial cell walls?
Chitin
Gram + or Gram neg.,BOTH or acid fast?
Teichoic acids
Gram + bacteria only
Gram + or Gram neg.,BOTH or acid fast?
Glycopolysaccharide
Gram - bacteria only
Gram + or Gram neg.,BOTH or acid fast?
Peptidoglycan
Gram +, Gram -, and Acid Fast
Gram + or Gram neg.,BOTH or acid fast?
Will appear blue after an acid-fast stain
Gram + and Gram -
Cells of the genus mycoplasma lack which of the following?
cell wall
A red blood cell is placed in a hypertonic solution
crenation
An RBC is placed in hypotonic solution
swell, then burst (lysis)
A plant cell is placed in hypertonic solution
plasmolysis
A plant cell is placed into hypotonic solution
Nothing happens
An RBC is placed in isotonic solution
Nothing happens
An object measures .5 micrometers. This is equivalent to...
500 nm
Empty magnification results from
increasing magnification without increasing the resolution
Gram + or Gram neg.,BOTH or acid fast?
Mycolic Acids
Acid fast bacteria only
Gram + or Gram neg.,BOTH or acid fast?
Lipid A
Gram - bacteria only
Assume a bacterial cell has established a proton gradient, when this gradient is used to power transport of lactose into the cell, the process is most correctly termed
symport
Which of the following microscopes is capable of generating a 3D image of a specimen
Scanning electron
What color?
Gram + cells immediately following the primary stain
purple
What color?
Gram - cells immediately following decolorization
colorless
What color?
Gram - cells immediately following the primary stain
Purple
What color?
Gram + cells immediately following the counterstain
Purple
Malachite green is associated with which of the following staining procedures?
Endospore stain
The reason the visible light is relatively limited in its usefulness for microscopy is...
its wavelength is too long to enable high resolution of images
Most stains that stain bacteria well are classified as..
basic
THe molecule upon which an enzyme acts is known as its
substrate
What system?
Glucose goes in; pyruvate, ATP, and NADH come out
glycolysis
What system?
Acetyl CoA goes in; NADH, FADH, and GTP come out
krebs cycle
What system?
Hydrogen Atom "juicing" ; a proton gradient is formed
electron transport
What system?
Lactic acid is produced
fermentation
What system?
Fatty Acids are broken down, 2 carbons at a time
beta oxidation
What system?
Consists of cytochromes and iron sulfur proteins,
Electron transport
Ethyl Alcohol is produced
fermentation
Carbon Dioxide is, or can be, a biproduct of which of the following?
the Krebs Cycle and Fermentation
The synthesis of Acetyl CoA from pyruvate is a bridge step between which two pathways?
glycolysis and the Krebs cycle
Net ATP by lactic acid bacterium (they can only perform this fermentation)
2
Net ATP (aerobic bacterium) from substrate level phosphorylation only
4
Net ATP from oxidative phosphorylation only ( in most eurkaryotic cells)
32
The number of ethanol molecules produced during fermentation
2
The number of phosphates in ATP
3
The number of fatty acids in a phospholipid
2
The number of CO2 molecules released from the complete oxidation of one pyruvate molecule
3
The number of mitochondrial protons required to produce one ATP in the cytoplasm
4
The number of ATP equivalents produced from one turn of the Krebs Cycle starting with Acetyl CoA
12
Proteins are polymers of
amino acids
Anaerobic respiration differs from aerobic respiration in..
the nature of the terminal electron receptor
The primary purpose of the Krebs Cycle is to..
remove H atoms from organic compounds and place them onto NAD and FAD
Catalase
is one of the fastest enzymes known
NAD and FAD are most correctly classified as..
hydrogen atom carriers
Most bacterial capsules are composed of..
polysaccharide
Blood agar to which antibiotics inhibitory to gram - bacteria have been added is..
selective, differential, and complex
A fatty acid containing 16 carbons is metabolized for energy by an aerobic bacterium, what is the total net number of ATP equivalents that this fatty acid is
129
On couplers of oxidative phosphorylation;
do not effect electron flow, act by dissipating the proton gradient, are hydrophobic substances like dinitral phenol and dicumarol
Chemoheterotroph
Energy source?
energy source: organic compounds
Chemoheterotroph
Carbon source?
carbon source: organic compounds
Photoautotroph
Energy Source?
energy source: light
Photoautotroph
Carbon Source?
carbon source: CO2
Which of the following ingredients is characteristic of a complex medium?
Beef Extract
How many times more acid is a tomato (pH=4.3), than blood (pH=7.3)
1000X

10 x 10 x 10 = 1000 X's
Capnophiles grow best in
high concentrations of CO2
Forty organisms with the generation time of 20 minutes, are allowed to multiply for 6 hours. How many organisms are present?
1.05 * 10^7
One organism develops into 1.07 * 10^9 organisms in 6 hours. What is the generation time?
12 minutes
During the lag phase, organisms are...
synthesizing necessary enzymes
Water activity of a substance is lowered by...
adding salt, adding sugar, removing water
For a mesophile, the optimum temperature for an organism is..
always closer to its maximum then it's minimum
TEST TUBES
Evenly spread out
Aerotolerant anaerobe
TEST TUBES
All clumped on bottom
obligate anaerobe
TEST TUBES
Floating in a clump toward top
Microaerophile
TEST TUBES
Most clumped on top, but spreads out all the way to bottom
facultative aerobes
Halophiles require
increase salt
Match enzyme to each activity:
2(H2O2) goes to >>>>> 2(H2O) + 02
Catalase
Match enzyme to each activity:
H2O2 + NADH + H goes to >>>>> 2(H2O) + NAD
peroxidase
Match enzyme to each activity:
O2 + O2 + 4H goes to>>>>> 2(H2O2)
Superoxide dismutase
Petri dishes, agar, and staining originated in his lab
Robert Koch
Discovered streptomycin; coined term "antibiotic"
Selman Waksman
First to propose the concept of spontaneous generation
Aristotle
Prevented surgical infections by using mists of phenol
Joseph Lister
Father of epidemiology (cholera in London)
John Snow
Pioneered asepsis by discovering that hand washing prevented puerperal fever in obstetric patients
Ignaz Semmelweis
Developed the first differential strain of bacteria
Christian Gram
Developed the first rabies vaccine
Louis Pasteur
First person to see bacteria
Antoni Leeuwenhoek
Developed the first sulfa drug (prontosil) in late 1930's
Gerhard Domagk
Which of the following microorganisms is classified by the types of spores it produces?
Fungi
The archaea are an example of which of the following types of microbes?
Prokaryotes
Numerous, short bristle-like projections important in biofilms
Fimbriae
The rigid and strong part of the bacterial cell wall
Peptidoglycan
Responsible for motility in spirochetes
Axial filaments
Have a central role in conjugation
pili
A highly formed glycocalyx, firmly attached to the cell
Capsule
80s in eukaryotes; 70s in prokaryotes
Ribosomes
One of two organelles explained by the endosymbiotic theory
Chloroplasts
Can be monotrichous, amphitrichous, or peritrichous
Flagella
Composed of phospholipids and protein
Cell membrane
Very dehydrated and almost ametabolic; survival stage
Endospore
A photosynthetic bacterium moving toward a light source would:
-Tumble less
-have longer runs
Gram + or Gram neg.,BOTH or acid fast?
Teichoic Acids
Gram-positive bacteria only
Gram + or Gram neg.,BOTH or acid fast?
Lipopolysaccharide
Gram-negative bacteria only
Gram + or Gram neg.,BOTH or acid fast?
Peptidoglycan
Gram-negative bacteria, Gram-positive bacteria, and Acid-fast bacteria
Gram + or Gram neg.,BOTH or acid fast?
Lipid A
Gram-negative bacteria
Gram + or Gram neg.,BOTH or acid fast?
Several layers of wax-like lipid
Acid-fast bacteria
Gram + or Gram neg.,BOTH or acid fast?
Over 90% of the cell wall is peptidoglycan
Gram-positive bacteria
Which of the following would not be found in a prokaryotic cell?
Centrioles
An RBC is placed into a hypertonic solution
Crenation
A bacterial cell is placed into a hypotonic solution
Nothing Happens
A bacterial cell is placed into a hypertonic solution
Plasmolysis
An RBC is placed in an isotonic solution
Nothing Happens
A red blood cell (RBC) is placed in a hypotonic solution
Swell then burst (lysis)
An object measures 200 μm(micrometers). This is equivalent to:
- 0.2 mm
- 0.02 cm
- 200,000 nm
Which of the following objective lenses would be least likely found on a typical light microscope?
1000x
Immersion oil is needed with oil immersion lenses because:
- It minimizes light loss due to refraction
- It has the same refractive index as glass
- It increases the numerical aperture
All of the following are associated with an electron microscope except:
Prism
What color?
Gram-positive cells immediately following decolorization
Purple
What color?
Gram-negative cells immediately following the counter-stain
Pink
What color?
Gram-negative cells immediately following the mordant
Purple
Gram-positive cells after all the steps of the Gram stain
What color?
Purple
The endospore stain and the Gram stain have all the following in common except a:
mordant
Carl Woese proposed the concept of the 3 domains based upon differences in genes for which cellular molecule?
rRNA
Which of the following microorganisms is noted for its variety of locomotive structures?
Protozoa
The reason visible light is relatively limited in its usefulness for microscopy is:
Its wavelength is too long to enable very high resolution images
All of the following microscopes are limited to magnifications of about 2,000x except:
Scanning tunneling
Most stains that stain bacteria well are classified as:
Basic
An organic cofactor for an enzyme is known as a:
Coenzyme
To which of the following substances would a typical cell membrane be least permeable?
Hydrogen ion (H+)
What system?
Means "sugar-splitting"
Glycolysis
What system?
Acetyl Co-A goes in; NADH, FADH2, and GTP come out
Krebs cycle
What system?
Electrons are passed through membrane proteins, finally to O2
Electron transport chain
What system?
The 2 pathways that produce carbon dioxide
Krebs cycle and fermentation
What system?
Acetyl Co-A molecules are generated
Beta oxidation
What system?
The 2 pathways that are capable of substrate-level phosphorylation
Krebs cycle and glycolysis
The process exploited most often in the production of foods; many different possible end-products are produced
fermentation
All of the following are produced routinely during aerobic respiration except:
ethyl alcohol
Anaerobic respiration differs from aerobic respiration in:
the nature of the terminal electron acceptor
Which of the following produces NAD+ from NADH?
- Fermentation
- The electron transport chain
What is Catalase:
- Is one of the fastest enzymes known
- Breaks down hydrogen peroxide to form oxygen gas and water
- Is found in bacteria only capable of respiration
The number of fatty acids in a common fat?
3
Net ATP equivalents from the intermediate step only (don't include Acetyl-CoA)
6
The number of phosphates in ADP
2
The net ATP equivalents from oxidative phosphorylation only, in an aerobic bacterium
34
The number of lactic acid molecules produced during fermentation
2
The total net number of ATP equivalents produced by an aerobic bacterium
38
Number of ATP equivalents in one NADH molecule
3
The number of CO2 molecules released from the complete oxidation of one pyruvate molecule
3
The number of CO2 molecules released from glycolysis
0
NAD and FAD are:
- Dinucleotides
- Essential in respiration
- Hydrogen atom carriers
Peritrichous flagellation denotes:
numerous flagella all around the cell
Chemoautotroph
(energy source)
Inorganic Compounds
A fatty acid containing 18 carbons is metabolized for energy by an aerobic bacterium. What is the total net number of ATP equivalents that this fatty acid is worth?
146
Chemoautotroph
(Carbon Source)
Carbon Dioxide
Photoheterotroph
(energy source)
light
Photoheterotroph
organic compounds
Nutrient agar (contains beef extract) to which antibiotics have been added is:
-Selective
- Complex
Psychrophiles grow best in:
The cold
Ten organisms with a generation time of 30 minutes are allowed to multiply for 10 hr. How many organisms are present?
1.05 x 10^7
100 organisms develop into 1.6 million organisms in 4 hours, 40 minutes. What is the generation time?
20 mins
During the log phase, organisms are:
Growing at an optimal rate
Water activity of a substance is lowered by:
- Adding salt
- Adding sugar
- Removing water
For a mesophile, the minimum temperature of an organism is:
The temperature below which the organism will not grow
H2O2 --> 2H2O + O2
Catalase
H2O2 + NADH+H --> 2H20 + NAD
peroxidase
O2- + O2- + 4H+ --> 2H202
Superoxide Dismutase
Inhibitors of oxidative phosphorylation
Stop Electron flow
The most accurate way to quantify the number of microbes in a fluid is:
Membrane-filtration
Glycine betaine, ectoine, sucrose, trehalose, and mannitol are all:
compatible solutes
Cells of the genus Mycoplasma lack which of the following?
A cell wall
In an anaerobic jar, which two gasses are produced by the envelpe to which water is added?
CO2 and H+
Lyophilization is best described as:
Freeze Drying