Main Themes in Microbiology
Classifications and Microbial Growth
Atoms and Bonding
Water and pH
Organic Molecules
100
The study of microorganisms that cannot be seen without magnification
What is microbiology?
100
1. Cells are the basic unit of life.
2. All living things are made up of cells.
3. All cells come from preexisting cells.
What is the Cell Theory?
100
The three subatomic particles that atoms are composed of
What are protons, neutrons, and electrons?
100
Water molecules have a positive end and a negative end, making them this type of molecule
What is a polar molecule?
100
Carbon forms this type of bond with up to this many other atoms
What is covalent? What is four other atoms?
200
A virus is considered this since it can reproduce only when it is inside a living cell
What is an intracellular parasite?
200
Evolutionary relationships between different organisms can be shown in this type of diagram
What is a phylogenetic tree?
200
Atoms that have different masses due to a different number of neutrons are known as this
What are isotopes?
200
A solution that has a greater concentration of H+ ions than OH- ions is considered this
What is acidic?
200
This means water fearing, not soluble in water
What is hydrophobic?
300
This commonly feels "slimy", and is microorganisms living in a group sticking to each other and surfaces
What is a biofilm?
300
Canus familiaris is an example of this type of naming, including the genus and the species
What is binomial nomenclature?
300
Atoms without a full valence shell that try to attain a full outer shell by interacting with other atoms are said to be this
What is reactive?
300
Water's attraction to other water molecules is known as _____________ . Water's attraction to other substances is known as ____________ .
What is cohesion? What is adhesion?
300
Molecules that have the same molecular formula but different structural formula
What are isomers?
400
In determining the sizes of microbes, complete the statement: paramecium > bacteria > _________ .
What are viruses?
400
This type of microorganism can grow and use oxygen when it is present, but can also continue to grow when it is absent
What is a facultative anaerobe?
400
When the sharing of electrons is equal, the bond between two atoms is said to be this type of covalent bond
What is a nonpolar covalent bond?
400
A way to systematically reduce the number of cells per unit volume in a sample is known as
What is a serial dilution?
400
Breaking a dimer into two monomers is an example of this type of reaction
What is hydrolysis?
500
The process which stated that living organisms organisms may be generated from non-living things
What is abiogenesis, or spontaneous generation?
500
This is the last phase of a bacterial growth curve, where more cells die than are being made
What is the death phase?
500
Carbons, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and ____________ are the six elements basic to life
What is sulfur?
500
The presence of these (for example, in blood) helps to maintain pH
What are buffers?
500
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What is a hydroxyl group?