Final Exam

The first documented description of a microorganism was of a __________ by ____________ __________________.

__________ produced by microbial fermentation of glucose from cellulose or cornstarch is becoming a more important component of bio fuels in the United States and specialized _____________ are needed to make this commercially available product.

Microbial sterilization is used to...

Microbes playing a role in nitrogen fixation in plants live in ____________, while those playing a role in the digestive tract of certain herbivores live in _______________.

The disease anthrax is caused by a pathogenic bacterium ______________, which produces heat-resistant structures known as ________________.

You discovered a new coccoid shaped microorganism with no nucleus, a rigid cell wall and a diameter of 2um. Chemical tests reveal that it's cell wall does NOT contain peptidoglycan. The new microorganism is:

Determine which outcome is LEAST likely for a microorganism being motile.

Some of the intestinal symptoms elicited by a pathogen such as Escherichia Coli (gram -) are due to the presence of

A pure culture is

The science of grouping and classifying microorganisms is known as:

An organism of the genus Staphylococcus is ____________, while an organism of the genus Spirocheata is _____________.

A pasture flask has a(n)

Most prokaryotic cells reside

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is very difficult to stain because of the

The process where by microorganisms are used to help clean up pollution created by human activities is known as

A microbial cells membrane is considered ______________, because its internal constituents are maintained within the cell. However, it also imports and exports other molecules in response to its environment

Bacteria stain as gram positive or gram negative because of the difference in their

The lipids in the cytoplasmic membrane of bacteria and ___________ contained yet linkages, while the cytoplasm membrane of _____________ contain ether linkages.

The person who described the "wee animalcules" was

Which of the following statements is true?

_____________ are chemical molecules that are partially responsible for the ____________ charge of gram-positive bacterial cell surface.

Which of the following types of microscopy could be used to visualize the layers of the cell membrane and the cell wall?

Microbial ecology is the study of

Which scientific objective is LEAST related to microbial genetics?

Which of the following types of microscopy can be used with live cells?

Microbial control in waste waters would most logically be a part of

The use of gram stain in microbiology is important because it differentiates

Aseptic technique refers to

The term run and tumble are generally associated with

Transparent double sided dishes that are used for growing microbes are most commonly called

Developments in the field of immunology and medical microbiology were practical extensions of the work of...

When does endospore formation commence?

___________ was the first to describe microorganisms, while __________ was the first person to see bacteria.

The production of human hormones (eg. Insulin) by genetically engineered microorganisms is an example of ______________, a sub discipline of microbiology.

Which of these genera are responsible for producing spores?

In Gram positive bacteria, the cell walls are composed mainly of thick _____________ layers.

All eukaryotes contain

Electron microscopy has greater ________________ then light microscopy because the wavelength of visible light is much longer than then the wave length of electrons.

The theory of spontaneous generation was refuted by the work of

The structure that confers structural strength on cell is known as the

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