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Where's Tide-to-go when you need it
I can't see it
I thought this was a biology class
We all come in different shapes and sizes
Lagniappe
100
What is the primary stain used in gram staining
Crystal Violet
100
Where is the slide placed on a microscope
In the slide clips on the stage
100
Who is created as the first scientist to view and describe microorganism using a microscope
Van Leeuwenhoek
100
What morphology is characterized by a rod shape
Bacillus
100
What is the charge on the bacterial cell surface
Negative
200
What is necessary to firm attach the organism to the slide
Heat fixation
200
A bright field microscope has
A dark image against a bright background
200
Who's swan neck flask experiment is credited with disproving the theory of spontaneous generation
Louis Pasteur
200
What are the three most common morphological shapes
Bacillus, cocci and spiral
200
What are the three domains
Eukarya, Archaea and Bacteria
300
What is the purpose of the mordant?
To trap the stain in the cell wall
300
What is the resolving power of a dark field microscope
0.2 micrometers
300
Who is credited with developing the TB skin test
Robert Koch
300
This morphological type is characterized by axial filaments and a flexible body
Spirochetes
300
What year did Robert Koch win the Nobel Prize for Medicine
1905
400
If too much decolorizing agent was applied to a gram negative cell, what color would the organism appear
Pink/red
400
A scanning microscope is best used to view
Areas on the surface or three-dimensional structures
400
Who created a vaccine for smallpox
Edward Jenner
400
Mycoplasm are
Organisms that do not have a cell wall
400
Mordant is applied to this to increase the thickness
Flagella
500
What genus of organisms requires acid fast staining
Mycobaterium
500
What microscope has the greatest magnification and resolving power
Scanning probe microscope
500
Who is responsible for discovering the mechanism for humoral immunity
Behring and Kitustin
500
The prefix staphy means
grape like clusters
500
What year did Dr. Norman C Francis graduate
1952