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WorksheetsHistory of Microbiology
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Scientist who is best known for his improvement of the microscope?
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Alexander Fleming
Robert Hooke
Louis Pasteur
Which of the following is false according to Koch's Postulates?
The causative agent must be present in healthy animals
The pathogen must be isolated from the diseased host
The same disease must be produced when microbes from the pure culture are inoculated into healthy susceptible animals
The causative agent must be present in every case of the disease
The same pathogen must be recoverable in the artificially infected animal
Scientist who discovered penicillin?
Alexander Fleming
Edward Jenner
Ignaz Semmelweis
Joseph Lister
Paul Ehrlich
Scientist who instituted a strict hand washing policy causing the mortality rates of women giving birth to drop?
Ignaz Semmelweis
Louis Pasteur
Joseph Lister
Edward Jenner
What are small Extrachromosomal DNA found among some bacteria?
chromosomes & plasmids
DNA ligase
Chromosome
Plasmids
Which of the following is NOT true about bacterial endospores?
All bacteria can sporulate
Endospores can resist bad environments
Endospores germinate in favorable environments
Clostridium species can form endospores
Edward Jenner is credited with which of the following?
Applying germ theory to medical practices such as surgery
Discovering the antibiotic properties of Penicillium
Creating steps to link a specific bacteria to a specific disease
Discovering the process of fermentation
Developing the process of vaccination
Which of the following is true about the theory of spontaneous generation?
States that all cells come from pre-existing cells
States that life arises from non-living matter
Is believed to be true today
Robert Koch is credited with which of the following?
Introduce the binomial nomenclature.
Discovering the antibiotic properties of penicillium
Discovering the process of fermentation
Creating steps to link a specific bacteria to a specific disease
Which of the following is NOT true of archaea?
They are prokaryotes
they do NOT have a membrane bound organelles
presence of peptidoglycan in their cell walls
They live in extreme environments
Which is NOT true of bacteria?
They are prokaryotes
They have peptidoglycan in their cell walls
They have a nucleus
Some use photosynthesis
If you boiled nutrient broth and sealed the flask and saw no growth. Which of the following are valid conclusions?
Life can not spontaneously generate
Air or "vital force" may be needed for spontaneous generation
That spontaneous generation is true
A peritrichous flagellum means
One flagella
Two flagella
Many flagella
Where is a basal body found?
cell wall
flagella
nuclear area
pilus
A rod-shaped bacteria in chains would be called:
Sterptococci
Diplocacilli
Streptobacilli
Which would be chains of round cells?
Staphylococcus
Streptococcus
tetrads
octads
Which structure's role is to prevent white blood cells engulfing the bacteria?
Flagella
Pilus
Capsule
Fimbriae
Which part of a bacteria cell wall "holds" the stain?
plasma membrane
fimbriae
pilus
peptidoglycan
The outer covering of a bacteria cell is called the
flagella
cell wall
cytoplasm
A disease causing organism
pathogen
poison
vaccine
infection
