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Lenoir-Rhyne Microbiology Dr. Lutz
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
02/01/2008

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Which cell has NO true nucleus?
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Prokaryotic
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What is not used in a gram stain--Vioet Crystal, Safranin, Iodine, Indian Ink, or Ethanol?
Definition
Indian Ink
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Where is energy obtained from?
Definition
ATP
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Which cell has more peptidoglycan-- gram positive or gram negative?
Definition
gram positive
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Which cell is more complex in structure-- gram positive or gram negative
Definition
gram negative
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What difference is there in gram positive organisms and gram negative organisms that cause them to stain a different color?
Definition
Their cell wall
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Who is considered the "father of microbiology"?
Definition
Leeuwenhoek
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Who proposed biogensis
Definition
Virchow
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Where is rRNA produced?
Definition
Nucleus
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What is the order of taxonomy?
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Kingdom, Division, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
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A eukaryote with a tuft of flagella at one end is called what?
Definition
Lophotrichous
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A eukaryote with no falgella is called what?
Definition
Atrichous
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A eukaryote with flagella all over is called what?
Definition
Peritrichous
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A eukaryote with flagella at one end is called what?
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Monotrichous
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A eukaryote that has one flagella on each end is called what?
Definition
Amphitrichous
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Who came up with Koch's postulates?
Definition
Koch
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Which cell- gram positive or gram negative- can have up to 40 layers of peptidoglycan?
Definition
gram positive
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Which cell- gram positive or gram negative- contains techoic acid?
Definition
gram positive
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What are microorganisms that live on dead or decaying material?
Definition
Saprophytes
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What percentage of microbes are pathogens?
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3%
Term
Who developed a treatment for rabies?
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Pasteur
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Semmelweis suggested childbed fever could be reduced by doing what?
Definition
washing hands
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Who was the British Surgeon who infected himself and confused gonorrhea and syphillis?
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Hunter
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Are there more pathogens or nonpathogens?
Definition
non pathogens
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Cilia is found on what type of cell?
Definition
eukaryotic
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Pilli is found on what type of cell?
Definition
prokaryotic
Term
Approximately how many people died before the age of 10 with infectious disease?
Definition
50%
Term
What is variolation?
Definition
Giving someone a minor form of a disease so they are immune to the major form, such as cow pox and small pox
Term
Pasteurization was first used to solve the problem of what?
Definition
wine disease
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What do we call microbes that live on or in a person?
Definition
Indigenous microflora
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Mitochondria is found in eukaryotes, prokaryotes or netiher?
Definition
Eukaryotes
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What organelle is the site of proen synthesis?
Definition
ribosome
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What is the type of glycocaylx that is losely attached to the baterial cell wall?
Definition
slime layer
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Which are molecules of extra chromosomal DNA?
Definition
plasmids
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Does pasteurization kill all bacteria?
Definition
no
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What is found in the wall of gram positive and gram negative bacteria but not in the wall of archean?
Definition
peptidoglycan
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Who discovered the causitive organism of plague?
Definition
Yersin
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Chromosomes are found in eukaryotes, prokaryotes, both or neither?
Definition
Both
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Who is known for Aseptic technique?
Definition
Lister
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Cocci are what shape?
Definition
round
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Bacilli are what shaped?
Definition
rod
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Are streptococci in lines or clusters?
Definition
line
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Are staphylococci in lines or clusters?
Definition
clusters
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If a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution what will it do? In a hypotonic solution?
Definition
Hpertonic the cell will shrink up. Hypotonic the cell will swell.
Term
What does bacterialcidal mean?
Bacterialstatic?
Definition
Bacterialcidal-kills bacteria.
Bacerialstatic- keeps bacteria from replicating, bacteria will evetually die off.
Term
What sythesizes and secretes enzymes?
Definition
Cytoplasmic membrane
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Phospholipids' tails are?
Definition
hydrophobic
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Phospholipids' heads are?
Definition
hydrophillic
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The phospholipid layer contains proteins which acts as a pore, what do these pores allow?
Definition
Pores allow somethings to come in and somthings not to come in.
Term
What would osmotic pressure cause a cell to do if the cell did not have a cell wall?
Definition
burst
Term
Sterilization
Definition
a process that destroys all living organisms
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Decontamination
Definition
-getting rid of disease containing microbes
Term
Antiseptics are applied to...
Definition
living tissue
Term
Disinfectants are applie to...
Definition
inanimate objects
Term
Sanitation is a cleaning techinique that....
Definition
that physically removes microbe organism
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