Microbiology Basics and Specialized Fields Quiz

1665 Published the book MICROGRAPHIA – the first book on ______

Coined the term ______

Developed first vaccine of ______ using COWPOX virus

Demonstrated that ______ is transmitted by contaminated water

Identifies the bacterium that causes ______

Developed Gram Stain technique for classifying ______

The double helix structure of DNA was proposed in ______

Discovered restriction enzymes that can cut DNA at specific sequence in ______

Invented the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) technique for amplifying DNA in ______

Developed the CRISPR-Cas9 system, a powerful tool for genome editing in ______

The Novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes Covid 19 is detected in China and trigger global pandemic in ______

The Human Genome project and Celera Genomics announce the completion of the draft sequence of the human genome in ______

Microbiology is the study of ______

Microorganisms are too ______

Microbes either live in a population or attached to a surface in a ______

Some microorganisms are pathogenic, meaning they are ______-causing

Linnaeus system is used for naming and ______ microorganisms

Each microorganism has two names: Genus and Specific ______

The specific epithet is written in ❑case

______ia coli is named after Theodor ❑

Staphylococcus aureus is known for its ❑ colored colonies

Archaea are ❑ cells that lack peptidoglycan

Eukaryotes may move using pseudopods, cilia, or ❑

Viruses are replicated only in living ❑ cells