Intro to Microbiology
Disease causing microbe is called?
Pathogen
The eyepiece usually has a magnification of
10X
Which organisms have LPS in their cell wall?
gram negative bacteria
What is a virus made of?
Nucleocapsid and sometimes additional envelope
The study of viruses is called?
virology
What is the function of Condenser lens?
It condenses the light from illuminator and projects onto the specimen
If a bacteria has flagella all around the cell , this flagella arrangement is called?
Peritrichous
What is a Viroid made of?
only short pieces of RNA
Which domains have prokaryotic cell type?
Archae and Bacteria
How do you calculate total magnification ?
Ocular lens magnification X Objective lens magnification
In a bacteria, where is ATP production site?
Cell membrane.
What is Prion made of ?
only protein
Who is credited for viewing for the very first time tiny living things which he labelled "animalcules"?
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
What is Resolution?
ability to distinguish fine structure and detail in specimen
What is the function of mordant in gram stain?
Make the primary stain adhere to cell wall.
Virus infecting bacteria is called
a bacteriophage
This microbe is eukaryotic, always unicellular, and has no cell wall?
Protozoa
Name one differential staining technique
Gram stain
Acid fast
Endospore
Capsule
Flagella
What is a plasmid
extrachromosomal DNA
Lytic cycle is carried out by temperate phage- True or False?
False- virulent phage.