Lab Techniques
Microbiology
General science
Guess the Microbe
Not nerd stuff
100
What does PPE stand for?
Personal protective equipment
100
What are the three domains of life?
Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya
100
What is the hottest planet in the solar system?
Venus
100
Normally lives in the intestines
Commonly used in labs as the generic gram negative rod bacteria
Some strains are pathogenic and associated with diarrhea
Escherichia coli
100
Highest grossing movie of the year (so far)
Spider-Man Brand New Day
200
What is the gram result and morphology?
Gram positive coccus
200
What is the whip like structure that helps some microbes move?
Flagella
200
How long does it take for sunlight to travel to the earth?
a little over 8 minutes
200
This type of virus only infects bacteria
The shape is similar to a lunar lander
Bacteriophage
200
This rock from California known as __’s rock is rubbed by football players for good luck before games.
Howard’s rock
300
Most reliable method to completely sterilize something
Autoclave
300
The Meselson-Stahl experiment proved that DNA replicated via the ___ model
semi-conservative
300
The only metal that is a liquid at room temperature
Mercury
300
Genus that's responsible for fuzzy blue or green mold after leaving food out
Alexander Fleming accidently discovered the first antibiotic, which came from this mold
Penicillium
300
Fictional alien microbe that the plot revolved around in the 2026 blockbuster: Project Hail Mary
Astrophage
400
Staining method used on microbes with a waxy, lipid-rich mycolic acid cell wall
Acid fast stain
400
Correctly order these for nitrogen fixation and nitrification
Nitrate: NO₃⁻
Nitrogen gas: N₂
Ammonia: NH₃
Nitrite: NO₂⁻
N₂ → NH₃ → NO₂⁻ → NO₃⁻
Nitrogen gas → Ammonia → Nitrite → Nitrate
400
The first ever cloned animal, a sheep, was named after this famous singer
Dolly Parton
400
Curved rod/helical shaped
Barry Marshall drank this bacteria to prove it caused stomach ulcers
Helicobacter pylori
400
What years did Clemson win the national championships?
1981, 2016, 2018
500
Technique used to identify and quantify fatty acids in lipids to differentiate bacteria and fungi
FAME analysis
500
Name of the reaction that couples an oxidation and reduction of two amino acids to make ATP
Used by anaerobes such as C. difficile, C. botulinum, and C. sticklandii
Stickland Reaction
Stickland Fermentation
500
Technique used to cut and edit genes
CRISPR
500
Young male teenage patient comes in with severe headache
Has high fever, nausea, and sensitivity to light
Severe brain swelling and brain tissue necrosis
Recalls swimming in a lake, and water being forced up the nose
Naegleria fowleri
Brain-eating amoeba
500
What's the number one US song on Spotify currently?
Choosin' Texas