Micro Test 1

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mycology is the study of what

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fungi

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microbiology was born as a science in what year

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1676

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dutch man who is credited with the discovery of microbiology

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anthony van leeuwenhoek

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who was the real discoverer of microbiology but not credited as the founder in 1665

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robert hooke

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the theory of spontaneous generation is

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organisms can arise from non living matter

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detractors of the theory of spontaneous generation were

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francesco redi, louis pasteur, and john tyndall

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who was the first person to conduct the first experiment and what was the experiment

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francesco redi and his experiment was worms that were found on rotting meat

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who heated soup in flasks to test the spontaneous generation theory

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john needham

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who is considered the "father" of modern microbiology

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louis pasteur

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who helped prove the experiments that louis pasteur conducted with paturization

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john tyndall

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who developed a vaccine for rabies

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louis pasteur

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introduced a vaccine procedure for smallpox

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edward jenner

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proposed that all organisms are composed of cells, the basic unit of life

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mathias schleden and theodor schwann

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demonstrated that puerperal or childbed fever is contagious disease that is transmitted by physicians to their patients during child birth

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ignaz semmelweis

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demonstrated the epidemic spread of cholera through a water supply contaminated with human sewage

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john snow

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surgeon who used antiseptics

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joseph lister

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showed that anthrax is caused buy a bacterium

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robert koch

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discovered phagocytes and their role in engulfing bacteria

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elie metchnikoff

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started to used chemotherapy to treat disease

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paul ehrlich

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discovered genetic transformation in bacteria

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fredrick griffith

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alexander fleming discovered what

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first antibiotic, penicillin

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lederberg and tatum demonstrated what

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dna can be transferred from one bacterium to another, called conjugation

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who determined the structure of dna

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watson, crick, franklin, and wilkins

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what retrovirus was discovered in 1980

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hiv

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who classified 3 domains of organisms?

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woese

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1994 was the approval of what

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the fda approving genetically engeneered food for human consumption

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2001 importance of bioterrorism?

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anthrax

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asia outbreak of what in 03

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SARS

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avian influenza considered a major threat in what year

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2005

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who identified anthrax, tb, and cholera

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koch

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what is conjugation

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process of genetic recombination between 2 organisms (bacteria or protists) via a cytoplasmic bridge between them

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bacteria that is used to protect against intestinal infection and bowel cancer

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probiotics

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what are the 3 domains of microbes

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bacteria, archaea and eucarya

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who developed a taxonomic system

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carolus linnaeus

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what introduces genes of one organism into an unrelated organism to confer new properties on the organism

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genetic engineering

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unicellular fungi is

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yeast

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multicellular fungi is

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mold

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what can survive in extreme conditions

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archaea

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what is the cell wall of the bacteria made of

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polysaccharide called peptidoglycan

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bacteria and archaea are single or multi celled organisms

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single

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what organism contains a membrane bound nucleus

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eukarya

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eukarya can be single, multicellular or both

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both

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contains chlorophyll, common in water, are uni or multicellular, major source of food for small aquatic creatures

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algae

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cell wall is chitin, found on land mostly, single celled is called yeast and multicelled is called mold

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fungi

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found on land and water, single celled organism, dont have a rigid wall, and most are motile

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protozoa

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helminths are called

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parasites that include tapeworms and roundworms

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non living elements, called agents that usually consist of only a few molecules found in living cells

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viruses, viroids, or prions

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contain rna or dna but not both

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virus

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need a host cell, termed "obligate intracellular parasites" some live harmoniously with host while others kill the host

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virus

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more simple than a virus, consist of a simple short piece of rna, contains no protective protein coat

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viroids

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are infectious proteins that contains no nucleic acid and are responsible for 6 neurodegenerative diseases

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prions

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bacteria is measured in

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micrometers

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viruses are measured in

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nanometers

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worms are measured in

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milimeters

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what is the most abundant carb on the earth

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cellulose

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what is the exoskeleton of bugs and lobsters made of

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chitin

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glucose and glactose make what

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lactose

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glucose and fructose make what

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sucrose

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glucose and glucose make what

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maltose

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what metabolizes starch

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amalyse