Introduction to Microbiology Quiz

<p>Presence or absence of a nucleus</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Protozoa</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Parasitology</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Non-cellular</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fungi</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Animalia</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Binary fission</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Germ theory of disease</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Louis Pasteur</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Prokaryotic</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>Bacteriology: focuses on the study of bacteria and their role in human health and disease. 2. Virology: focuses on the study of viruses and their role in human health and disease. 3. Mycology: focuses on the study of fungi and their role in human health and disease.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Medical microbiology is the branch of microbiology that deals with the study of microorganisms that cause infectious diseases in humans, and the role of these microorganisms in human health and disease.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Microbiology is the science that studies micro-organisms which are too small to be seen with a naked eye. It is significant because it plays a critical role in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of infectious diseases in humans.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Properties of microorganisms: 1. Small organisms 2. Can’t be seen with the naked eye 3. Microscope is needed &amp; Electron Microscope EM in case of viruses. They are significant because they are the focus of study in the field of microbiology and play a critical role in human health and disease.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bacteria, fungi, protozoa, helminths (worms)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Acellular (viruses, prions) and made of cells (bacteria, fungi, protozoa, helminths)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Small size, lack of membrane-bound organelles, circular DNA, and reproduce by binary fission</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Large size, presence of membrane-bound organelles, linear DNA, and reproduce by mitosis or meiosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Animalia - helminths (eukaryotic), Plantae - none (eukaryotic), Protista - protozoa (eukaryotic), Fungi - fungi (eukaryotic), Bacteria - bacteria (prokaryotic), Viruses - non-cellular</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Unicellular, prokaryotic, aerobic or anaerobic, motile or non-motile, can be beneficial or harmful, reproduce by binary fission, and can form biofilms</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Biphasic (non-living outside, living inside the body), non-cellular, contain either DNA or RNA, require a host cell to replicate, and can cause a wide range of diseases</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Eukaryotic, unicellular or multicellular, obtain nutrients through absorption, non-motile, can be beneficial or harmful, reproduce by budding or mitosis, and can form spores for dispersal</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Unicellular, eukaryotic, can be free-living or parasitic, most are motile, and can cause a variety of diseases in humans</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Proteinaceous infectious particles, no DNA or RNA, can cause degenerative neurological disorders, and resistant to conventional sterilization methods</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It proposes that microorganisms are the cause of many diseases, leading to the discoveries of antibiotics and hygienic practices</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The suspected pathogenic organism should be present in all cases of the disease and absent from healthy animals, the suspected organism should be grown in pure culture, cells from a pure culture of the suspected organism should cause disease in a healthy animal, and the organism should be re-isolated and shown to be the same as the original</p> Signup and view all the answers