Microbiology Chapter 1: A Brief History

Who is credited with beginning the use of simple microscopes to examine microorganisms?

What did Antoni van Leeuwenhoek visualize using his simple microscopes?

At the end of the 19th century, what were the microorganisms visualized by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek called?

Who developed a taxonomic system for naming plants and animals, and grouping similar organisms together?

What is the structure of nucleic acids shown in Figure 1.1?

How many categories did Carolus Linnaeus group Leeuwenhoek's microorganisms into?

What distinguishes bacteria and archaea from eukaryotes?

What distinguishes protozoa from other microorganisms?

What is a characteristic of algae?

Which of the following is a characteristic of fungal yeasts?

Which statement is true about parasites?

What is a distinguishing characteristic of viruses?

What did scientists of the Golden Age of Microbiology search for answers to?

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek began making and using simple ______

Carolus Linnaeus developed a taxonomic system for naming plants and animals and grouping similar organisms together, and Leeuwenhoek's microorganisms were grouped into six ______

By the end of the 19th century, the microorganisms visualized by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek were called ______

Leeuwenhoek's microscopes often made a new microscope for each ______

Leeuwenhoek examined water and visualized tiny animals, fungi, algae, and single-celled ______; "animalcules"

The structure of ______ acids

Bacteria and Archaea are ______ and lack nuclei

Archaeal cell walls composed of polymers other than ______

Bacterial cell walls contain ______; some lack cell walls

Much smaller than ______

Fungi are ______ (have membrane-bound nucleus)

Molds – ______; grow as long filaments; reproduce by sexual and asexual spores

Yeasts – ______; reproduce asexually by budding; some produce sexual spores

Protozoa are single-celled ______

Most are capable of locomotion by ______ – cell extensions that flow in direction of travel

Algae are unicellular or ______