Bacteria
Parasites
Viruses
Fungi
History
100
Identifying an organism as Gram positive or Gram negative is dependent on what cell structure?
What is an outer membrane or phospholipid bilayer?
100
What is the vector for transmission of Chagas disease?
What is the kissing bug
100
What type of medication is frequently prescribed but ineffective against viral infections?
What are antibiotics
100
What fungal infection is most commonly thought to be caused by a parasitic worm?
What is ringworm
100
Kary Mullis won the 1993 Noble Prize in chemistry for creating what technique that is used to amplify small amounts of DNA?
What is polymerase chain reaction
200
What does MRSA stand for?
What is Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
200
What do you call a parasite of a parasite?
What is an epiparasite
200
What was the first year of the Spanish Influenza epidemic?
What is 1918
200
Fungi serve as a leavening agent for what type of food?
What is bread
200
Which Dutchman first observed microorganisms underneath a microscope?
Who is Anton von Leeuwenhoek
300
What metabolic process is involved in the production of cheese and yogurt?
What is fermentation
300
Name one of the three classes of parasites that cause disease in humans.
What are protozoa, helminths, or ectoparasites
300
What enzyme is required for retro-virus replication?
What is reverse transcriptase
300
What is the study of fungi?
What is mycology
300
What was found on Alexander Fleming's petri dish after he came back from vacation in 1928?
What is mold
400
How do bacteria communicate with one another in a biofilm?
What is quorum sensing
400
Julius Wagner-Jauregg gave prison patients what disease to combat syphilus?
What is malaria
400
What is the causative agent of shingles infection?
What is Varicella zoster virus
400
What are formed by the symbiotic relationship between fungi and algae or cyanobacteria?
What are lichens
400
If Louis Pasteur is the father of microbiology, who is considered the father of medical microbiology?
Who is Robert Koch
500
What organism caused the Black Death?
What is Yersinia pestis
500
What was the causative organism of a 1993 outbreak in Milwaukee, Wisconsin?
What is Cryptosporidium parvum?
500
Although the small pox virus was considered irradicated in 1980 by WHO, which two countries still harbor samples of the virus in BSL4 laboratories?
What are the United States and Russia
500
What type of fungi gives Blue Stilton Cheese its flavor?
What is Penicillium roqueforti
500
Which four diseases were the frequent cause of death during the computer game Oregon Trail?
What are dysentery, cholera, diptheria, typhoid fever
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