Microbial Metabolism
The Eukaryotes
Acellular Pathogens
The Prokaryotes
History & Classification of Microbiology
100

This molecule is known as the “energy currency” of the cell.

What is ATP?

100

This organelle is responsible for ATP production in eukaryotic cells.

What is the mitochondria?

100

Viruses can only reproduce inside this.

What is a host cell?

100

Prokaryotes lack this structure found in eukaryotic cells.

What is a nucleus?

100

This scientist is known as the “Father of Microbiology.”

Who is Antonie van Leeuwenhoek?

200

What are the two main types of metabolism?

What are catabolism and anabolism?

200

What are the two types of endoplasmic reticulum?

What are the rough ER and the smooth ER?

200

What is the protein shell that encloses a viral genome?

What is a capsid?

200

Name the two domains of prokaryotic life

What are Bacteria and Archaea?

200

Who developed the germ theory of disease?

Who is Louis Pasteur?

300

What are the three main stages of cellular respiration?

What are glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, and the electron transport chain?

300

What is the symbiotic relationship between fungi and algae called?

What are lichens?

300

Name two structural types of viral capsids.

What are helical and icosahedral?

300

This staining technique differentiates bacteria based on their cell wall composition

What is the Gram stain?

300


What are the three domains in Carl Woese’s classification system?


What are Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya?

400

What is the final electron acceptor in aerobic respiration?

What is oxygen?

400

Name two key structural differences between fungi and bacteria.

What are (1) the presence of chitin in fungal cell walls and (2) the presence of ergosterol in fungal membranes?

400

What are the two reproductive cycles of bacteriophages?

What are the lytic cycle and lysogenic cycle?

400

What is the purpose of endospores?

What is survival in extreme conditions?

400

Father of antiseptic surgery

Who is Joseph Lister?

500

Name the three types of phosphorylation involved in ATP production.

What are substrate-level phosphorylation, oxidative phosphorylation, and photophosphorylation?

500

This eukaryotic microbe is responsible for causing malaria.

What is Plasmodium?

500

What type of infectious agent consists only of misfolded proteins?

What is a prion?

500

Name one example of an extremophile Archaea.

What are methanogens, halophiles, or hyperthermophiles?

500

What are Koch’s postulates used for?

What is identifying the causative agent of infectious diseases?