SCOPE OF MICROBIO
Bacteria & Archaea
Bacteria and Archaea 2
Microbiological techniques
Microbiological techniques 2
100

The taxonomic resource for bacteria

Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology

100

What category of shapes do the following belong to?vibrios, spirilla, or spirochetes

What are sprials 
100

The phase in which bacteria must adapt to a medium

What is the Lag phase 

100

The destruction or removal of all microorganisms, including bacteria and their endospores, viruses, fungi, and prions.

What is sterilization

100

Degree of pathogenicity

What is virulence
200

The development of living organisms from nonliving matter

What is Abiogenesis 

200

Staphylococcus bacteria are seen in what type of arrangement?

What are grapelike clusters 

200

Living cells are also known as what?

What are viable cells 

200

This procedure involves spreading the sample on the surface of a solid medium or introducing the sample into a flask or tube

What is Inoculation

200

This is a type of of agar in which the blood cells have been lysed by heating the cells to 56° C, is used to grow fastidious respiratory bacteria.

What is Chocolate agar 

300

this term is given by Van  Leeuwenhoek for microscopic organisms; "small animals"

What are Animalcules 

300

The division of two daughter cells

What is cytokinesis 
300

Organisms that grow only in the presence of oxygen and therefore they obtain their energy through aerobic respiration.

What are Obligate aerobes 

300

State the 5 I's in Microbiology

What is Inoculation, Incubation, Isolation, Inspection, Identification

300

Gram positive bacteria stain what colour? 

What is purple 
400

The classification, nomenclature, and identification of living organisms

What is Taxonomy 

400

These microorganisms can obtain carbon from atmospheric carbon dioxide

What are autotrophs

400

What is bacterial replication also known as?

What is Binary fission

400

The incubator temperature in the laboratory is generally between what?

 What is 20° C and 40° C.

400

What is the differential stain most commonly used in Microbiology?

What is gram stain

500

This individual is considered to be the father of microscopy and is believed to be the first to observe live bacteria and protozoans.

Who is Antony van Leeuwenhoek

500

These bacteria are cold loving and can grow at 0° C or lower, with an optimal growth around 15° C.

What are pyschrophiles or cryophiles 

500

Bacteria that are found in the intestinal tract of humans and animals

What is Enteric bacteria 

500

This type of media contains complex organic substances such as blood, serum, hemoglobin, or growth factors for the growth needs of specific species.

What is enriched media 

500

Substance that is found in cell's walls that aids in protecting the cell.

What is peptidoglycan

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