Don’t be so Gram-Negative
What is the name for bacteria that are spherical in shape?
Cocci
What disease is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus?
COVID-19
What is the name of the lens you look through on a microscope?
Ocular lens
Which organelle is responsible for containing the genetic code in eukaryotic cells?
Nucleus
Who is famous for developing the process of pasteurization?
Louis Pasteur
What process do bacteria most often use to divide into two in order to replicate?
Binary Fission
What is the protein coat surrounding a virus called?
Capsid
What type of microscope uses a negatively charged atom instead of light?
Electron microscope
Which organelle packages molecules and sends them out to their respective locations inside of the cell?
Golgi apparatus
Who is known as the Father of Microbiology?
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
What color do gram-positive bacteria appear as after gram staining?
Purple
What is the name for a virus that infects bacteria?
Bacteriophage
If you move a specimen under a microscope to the right, which way does it appear to move when looking through the lens?
Left
Which organelle is responsible for making the lipids that make up cell membranes?
Smooth ER
Who coined the term cell by observing cork bark?
Robert Hooke
What is the name of the circular DNA molecule commonly found in bacteria?
Plasmid
Which virus is responsible for chicken pox?
Varicella-zoster virus
What happens to the microscope’s field of vision as you increase magnification?
The field of vision decreases
Name the 3 organelles that plants have but are not found in animal cells.
Large central vacuole, chloroplast, cell wall
Who is considered a founder of modern bacteriology and made his famous “postulates“ to link microbes to diseases?
Robert Koch
What is the process by which bacteria exchange genetic material through direct contact?
Conjuation
Which insect is responsible for the transmission of Zika Virus, Yellow Fever, and La Crosse Virus along with many other arboviruses?
Mosquito
Which element does a Transmission Electron Microscope use to prevent the buildup of electrical charge on the electron beam?
Gold
Which organelle breaks down molecules and aids in metabolic reactions?
Peroxisomes
Which disease did Jonas Salk develop a vaccine for, saving many children as it is a primarily childhood disease?
Polio