Medical Microbiology Test 1 - Practice

The term that describes microbes being everywhere

• ubiquitous

• microscopic

• microorganisms

• biogenesis

__________ are microbes mainly found in the ocean and is capable of photosynthesis; responsible for most of the earth's oxygen.

These are microbes (select all that apply)

• Escherichia coli

• HIV

• Staphylococcus aureus

• Alga

Used for locomotion by amoebas by extending part of their cytoplasm

Which of the following are eukaryotes (select ONLY that apply)

• algae

• amoeba

• bacteria

• protozoa

These certain group of microbes are known as _________________. They are eukaryotes that resemble plants, but NOT capable of photosynthesis. These can appear as yeast or mold.

Life arising from non living matter is known as _____________

This scientist was known for experimenting with decaying meat by placing them in separate jars. One being open while the other was sealed.

• Francesco Redi

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Louis Pasteur

• Rudolf Virchow

Prokaryotes lack:

• cell wall

• nucelus

• membrane bound organelles

• nuclear membrane

_________________ are microbes that are not known to be pathogenic to humans