24 Questions
Which branch of microbiology involves the study of viruses?
Virology
Which type of microorganisms are studied in mycology?
Fungi
What does immunology focus on studying?
Human diseases
Which branch of microbiology includes the study of nematodes?
Nematology
What is the primary focus of food microbiology?
Microorganisms that spoil food
Which branch of microbiology is concerned with microorganisms interacting with plants and soils?
Agricultural microbiology
Who is known as 'The Father of Microbiology'?
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
What did Francesco Redi observe that led him to challenge the theory of spontaneous generation?
Flies laying eggs on meat
Which scientist is renowned for discoveries in microbial fermentation and pasteurization?
Louis Pasteur
What is the study of microorganisms used in pharmaceutical products known as?
Pharmaceutical Microbiology
Why is microbiology relevant to nursing?
To know about harmful and harmless microorganisms
What did Anton Van Leeuwenhoek view under a microscope that made him 'The Father of Microbiology'?
Bacteria in water
Who was the first to use oil immersion lens, condenser, and microphotography in microscopy?
Robert Koch
Who is credited with defining Koch's postulates, which outline the procedure for proving that a specific organism causes a specific disease?
Robert Koch
Which scientist accepted the idea of spontaneous generation, proposing that mice could arise from rags and wheat kernels in an open container?
Jan Baptist van Helmont
Who argued that new microbes arose spontaneously because his boiled broth became cloudy after a few days in sealed flasks?
John Needham
Which scientist's results contradicted John Needham's findings by showing that microbes did not spontaneously arise in sealed flasks?
Lazzaro Spallanzani
Who discovered the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which causes bubonic plague?
Shibasaburo Kitasato
Which biologist proposed the 5 kingdom classification system?
Robert Whittaker
Which kingdom includes organisms that are multicellular, eukaryotic, and without a cell wall?
Kingdom Animalia
Who introduced the classification system through a systemic method known as taxonomic nomenclature?
Carl Linnaeus
Which domain includes prokaryotic organisms?
Archaea
In the three domain system, which domain includes organisms with eukaryotic cells?
Eukarya
What is the distinguishing feature of Kingdom Plantae's cell wall composition?
Made up of cellulose
Test your knowledge on the different branches of microbiology by taxonomy, including bacteriology, virology, and parasitology. Learn about the study of bacteria, viruses, and unicellular or multicellular parasites in this quiz.
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