Microbiology Test 1 Review

Known as the Father of Microbiology due to his work with "animacules" found on his own teeth is:

• Jonas Salk

• Robert Koch

• Semmelweiss

• Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

His "postulates" disproved the thought of spontaneous generation. He experimented with fruit flies in jars first.

• Robert Koch

• Joseph Lister

• Edward Jenner

• Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

Known for his work with the maternity ward patients. They had babies, which he delivered, but they and the mothers got very sick from childbed fever.

• Edward Jenner

• Ignaz Semmelweiss

• Robert Koch

• Jonas Salk

This scientist experimented with raw meat: one was sealed and the other was left to be exposed to flies; maggot growth was observed ONLY in meat that was exposed.

• Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

• Francesco Redi

• Louis Pasteur

• Robert Hooke

A large group of one-celled microorganisms that are capable of causing disease are _________. 

• pathogens
• bacteria
• viruses
• all of the above

This scientist is known for the first vaccine created in a laboratory and is known for pasteurization and proving that germs cause disease.

• Alexander Fleming
• Albert Einstein
• Louis Pasteur
• Joseph Lister

This scientist is best known for his Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the antibiotic penicillin in 1928.

• Alexander Fleming
• Albert Einstein
• Louis Pasteur
• Joseph Lister

Which scientist came back from a vacation and found that a bluish-green mold had killed bacteria?

• Alexander Fleming
• Albert Einstein
• Louis Pasteur
• Joseph Lister

Robert Koch began his work with the Germ Theory of Disease with what agent

• cholera

• syphilis

• anthrax

• Tuberculosis

In Microbiology John Snow is known for what?

• Joining the Night's Watch
• Determining the cause of cholera transmission
• Disproving spontaneous generation
• Discovering penicillin