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Miscellaneous
100
This area of microbiology is concerned with the occurence of disease in the human population.
What is epidemiology?
100
This type of cell contains a true nucleus.
What is a eukaryote.
100
This "I" is the introduction of a bacteria into a new, fresh environment for growth.
What is inoculation?
100
This type of organism makes its own organic material from inorganic starting material.
What are autotrophs?
100
This is how a coccus shaped bacteria looks.
What is round or spherical?
200
This process involves the deliberate alteration (changing) of an organisms DNA to make it do something it may not ordinarily do.
Biotechnology?
200
This surface material is used for protection and anchoring bacteria to their surroundings.
What is the glycocalyx?
200
This is another word for liquid media.
What is broth?
200
An organic nutrient contains large amounts of this element.
What is carbon?
200
This structure is made by some bacteria when their environmental conditions worsen and they use it as a means of survival.
What is an endospore?
300
This early microbiological pioneer is credited with developing the very first microscope.
Who is Anton van Leeuwenhoek?
300
Bacteria of this shape contain axial filaments.
What is sprial (spirochetes)?
300
This type of media is used to grow a wide range of bacteria.
What is general purpose media?
300
These types of heterotrophs get their organic material from dead or decomposing matter.
What are saprobes?
300
This is what we call a solution that has a very high concentration of solute and a low concentration of solvent.
What is hypertonic?
400
This process refers to the spontaneous generation of organisms from nonliving matter.
What is Abiogenesis?
400
This layer is much thicker in gram positive cells.
What is peptidoglycan?
400
This type of media allows you to tell the difference between different types of organisms on the same plate.
What is differential media?
400
This type of movement across the plasma membrane is defined as the movement of water from high concentration to low concentration.
What is osmosis?
400
This is the term we use to describe organisms with strict nutritional requirements.
What is fastidious?
500
This early microbiologist is most responsible for finally laying the theory of spontaneous generation to rest.
Who is Louis Pasteur?
500
This book is commonly used a reference for the classification of prokaryotic organisms.
What is Bergey's Manual?
500
This feature of the microscope improves as the wavelength of light decreases.
What is resolution?
500
This class of organism grows best at body temperature.
What are mesophiles?
500
This is an atypical type of prokaryote that lacks a cell wall.
What is a mycoplasma?
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