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EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY
Acellular Pathogens
Prokaryotic Diversity
General Microbiology
Misc
100

What are the two ways that fungi reproduce? Which occurs under favorable circumstances.

 (Favored) Asexual reproduction 

or 

Sexual reproduction 



100

What are some key features of a Virus? 

  • Obligate intracellular parasites
  • Contain DNA OR RNA (never both)
  • Surrounded by a protein capsid
  • May have a lipid envelope
100

This weather metric is usually checked before laying out to tan. It provides a measure of radiation intensity on a 1–11+ scale.

UV index

100

What are the three domains of life?

  • 3 Domains:
    • Bacteria
    • Archaea
    • Eukarya
100

What are some of the important functions of prokaryotes in humans.

  • Essential functions:
    • Digestion
    • Protection
    • Vitamin production
200

This amendment in the Bill of Rights of the Constitution protects rights not specifically enumerated (listed) in the Constitution.

9th amendment 

200

What are the five stages of the viral life cycle?

  1. Attachment
  2. Entry
  3. Replication
  4. Assembly
  5. Release
200

How are Gram-positive bacteria sorted? 

High and Low G+C content.

200

Where do viruses replicate in prokaryotes and eukaryotes? 

  • Prokaryotes → cytoplasm
  • Eukaryotes:
    • DNA viruses → nucleus
    • RNA viruses → cytoplasm
    • Exception: influenza (nucleus)
200

Identify the song and artist that these lyrics are from? 

"Yeah, I say I'm done, but I'm still confused
How am I supposed to close the door when I still need the closure?
And I changed my mind, but it's still on you
How am I supposed to leave you now that you're already over?
How am I supposed to leave you now that you're already over?" 

Already Over

300

What are the five major groups of algae? 

  • Dinoflagellates
  • Diatoms
  • Brown algae
  • Green algae
  • Red algae
300

What are the common shapes of a virus? 

  • Helical → rod-shaped
  • Polyhedral → icosahedral
  • Complex → bacteriophages
300

What are the five types of symbiosis? 

  • Mutualism: both benefit
  • Commensalism: one benefits
  • Parasitism: one harmed
  • Amensalism: one harmed, other unaffected
  • Neutralism: no effect
300

This album was the best-selling album of 2025 globally and in the U.S. Released in October 2025, it achieved the highest debut week in U.S. history and was named the official biggest-selling global album of the year by IFPI, garnering over 6 million units.

The Life of a Showgirl?

300

Where are prokaryotes commonly found in humans? 


  • Skin, mouth, GI tract, respiratory tract
400

What movie is the following dialogue from?

  • Ham: "Hey, you wanna s'more?"
  • Smalls: "Some more of what?"
  • Ham: "No, do you wanna s'more?"
  • Smalls: "I haven't had anything yet, so how can I have some more of nothing?"
  • Ham: "You're killin' me, Smalls!"

The Sandlot

400

What are the common forms of viral Transmission? 

  • Direct contact
  • Indirect contact (fomites)
  • Vectors (mosquitoes, ticks)
400

This class of Gram-negative proteobacteria is spiral-shaped and moves via an axial filament.

Spirochetes

400

What fast-food restaurant has the most locations across the US?

  • Subway: ~19,500 – 22,000+ locations
  • Starbucks: ~15,800 – 17,100+ locations
  • McDonald's: ~13,400 – 13,800+ locations
  • Dunkin': ~9,000 – 9,300+ locations
  • Burger King: ~6,600 – 7,000+ location
400

This bacteria is responsible for Syphillis?

Treponema pallidum

500
What are the three types of spores Fungi release under sexual reproduction?

Zygospores, Ascospores, Basidiospores.

500

What are some of the challenges for treating a virus?

  • Few antivirals
  • Hard to target without harming the host
  • Rapid mutation rates
500

This class of prokaryote contains Methanogens and Halophiles?

  • Archaea 
500

What are the three phyla of parasitic worms, and what does each phyla contain? 

Nematodes Roundworms 

Trematodes Flukes 

Cestodes Tapeworms

500

What are the different forms of the Planctomycetes?

  • motile + sessile forms
600

What are the three types of Lichin?

Types of Lichens

  • Crustose → flat
  • Foliose → leaf-like
  • Fruticose → branching
600

This Alabama coach won the most national football championships, leading the Crimson Tide to six titles (2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2020).

Nick Saban

600

What are the two types of phototropic bacteria. 

  • Oxygenic: produces O₂
  • Anoxygenic: no O₂
600

This system groups viruses by: DNA vs RNA and Replication strategy

The Baltimore  Classification System

600

_________ is the word for bearing multiple offspring at once asexually. 

Schizogony