Microbiology Basics

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Which sub-discipline of microbiology is focused on the study of viruses?

  • Mycology
  • Parasitology
  • Bacteriology
  • Virology (correct)

What type of microorganisms are conventionally classified as lacking membrane-bound organelles?

  • Viruses and Mycoplasma
  • Algae and Protozoa
  • Fungi and Protists
  • Bacteria and Archaea (correct)

Which tool do microbiologists currently rely on for bacterial identification?

  • Microscopy
  • DNA sequence-based identification (correct)
  • Culture and staining
  • 16S rRNA gene sequence

What percentage of microorganisms present in common environments can be cultured in isolation using current means?

<p>Less than 1% (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of microorganism includes fungi and protists?

<p>Eukaryotic microorganisms (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What have viruses been variably classified as?

<p>Very simple microorganisms or very complex molecules (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is considered a father of microbiology?

<p>Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which ancient civilization hypothesized the existence of unseen microbiological life as early as the 6th century BCE?

<p>Jains in India (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who made references to microbes in ancient Rome and warned against locating a homestead in the vicinity of swamps?

<p>Marcus Terentius Varro (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who proposed that epidemic diseases were caused by transferable seedlike entities in 1546?

<p>Girolamo Fracastoro (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is known for the earliest known description of smallpox in his book The Virtuous Life (al-Hawi)?

<p>Al-Razi (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who discovered scabies mites?

<p>Ibn Zuhr (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who observed the fruiting bodies of moulds in 1666?

<p>Robert Hooke (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who described 'countless micro organic worms' which resemble vegetable seeds in the tenth-century Taoist Baoshengjing?

<p>Kristofer Schipper (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In what year did Antonie van Leeuwenhoek observe and experimented with microscopic organisms?

<p>1670s (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is considered a father of microbiology?

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

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