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What is a characteristic of fungi?
What is a common feature of viruses and microorganisms?
What is unique about the size of viruses compared to bacteria?
Why can viruses only be seen with an electron microscope?
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What innovation allowed for the study of microorganisms?
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What is the study of microorganisms in their natural environment called?
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What type of microscope is used to observe living unstained cells?
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What is the name of the microscope that forms a dark image against a brighter background?
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How many general methods are used for preparing specimens for light microscope examination?
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What type of microscope converts slight differences in refractive index and cell density into easily detected variations in light intensity?
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What is the name of the microscope that exposes a specimen to ultraviolet, violet or blue light and forms an image of the object with resulting fluorescent light?
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What temperature is held for 30 minutes in the process of Pasteurization?
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Who developed vaccines for the diseases anthrax, fowl cholera, and rabies?
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Who postulated the Germ Theory of Disease?
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What era of Microbiology was ushered in by Louis Pasteur's work?
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Who developed a system of surgery designed to prevent microorganisms from entering wounds?
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Who established the relationship between Bacillus anthracis and the disease it causes, anthrax?
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What is a virus made up of a nucleocapsid surrounded by a flexible membrane called?
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What type of RNA genomes do plant viruses have?
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What is necessary to accurately study virus structure, reproduction, and other aspects of their biology?
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What is the purpose of viral purification?
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What is one of the methods used to isolate and purify viruses?
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How can the quantity of viruses in a sample be determined?
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What type of organism causes filariasis?
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Which scientist is credited with discovering that alcoholic fermentation was catalyzed by living yeast cells?
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What is a characteristic of prokaryotic microbial cells?
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What field of study focuses on the structure of microbial cells?
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of eukaryotic microorganisms?
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