16 Questions
Which sub-discipline of microbiology is focused on the study of viruses?
Virology
What type of microorganisms are conventionally classified as lacking membrane-bound organelles?
Bacteria and Archaea
Which tool do microbiologists currently rely on for bacterial identification?
DNA sequence-based identification
What percentage of microorganisms present in common environments can be cultured in isolation using current means?
Less than 1%
Which type of microorganism includes fungi and protists?
Eukaryotic microorganisms
What have viruses been variably classified as?
Very simple microorganisms or very complex molecules
Who is considered a father of microbiology?
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Which ancient civilization hypothesized the existence of unseen microbiological life as early as the 6th century BCE?
Jains in India
Who made references to microbes in ancient Rome and warned against locating a homestead in the vicinity of swamps?
Marcus Terentius Varro
Who proposed that epidemic diseases were caused by transferable seedlike entities in 1546?
Girolamo Fracastoro
Who is known for the earliest known description of smallpox in his book The Virtuous Life (al-Hawi)?
Al-Razi
Who discovered scabies mites?
Ibn Zuhr
Who observed the fruiting bodies of moulds in 1666?
Robert Hooke
Who described 'countless micro organic worms' which resemble vegetable seeds in the tenth-century Taoist Baoshengjing?
Kristofer Schipper
In what year did Antonie van Leeuwenhoek observe and experimented with microscopic organisms?
1670s
Who is considered a father of microbiology?
Louis Pasteur
Test your knowledge of the scientific study of microorganisms, including topics such as virology, bacteriology, protistology, mycology, immunology, and parasitology. Explore the world of unicellular, multicellular, and acellular microorganisms.
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