Microbial Metabolism
This molecule is known as the “energy currency” of the cell.
What is ATP?
This organelle is responsible for ATP production in eukaryotic cells.
What is the mitochondria?
Viruses can only reproduce inside this.
What is a host cell?
Prokaryotes lack this structure found in eukaryotic cells.
What is a nucleus?
This scientist is known as the “Father of Microbiology.”
Who is Antonie van Leeuwenhoek?
What are the two main types of metabolism?
What are catabolism and anabolism?
What are the two types of endoplasmic reticulum?
What are the rough ER and the smooth ER?
What is the protein shell that encloses a viral genome?
What is a capsid?
Name the two domains of prokaryotic life
What are Bacteria and Archaea?
Who developed the germ theory of disease?
Who is Louis Pasteur?
What are the three main stages of cellular respiration?
What are glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, and the electron transport chain?
What is the symbiotic relationship between fungi and algae called?
What are lichens?
Name two structural types of viral capsids.
What are helical and icosahedral?
This staining technique differentiates bacteria based on their cell wall composition
What is the Gram stain?
What are the three domains in Carl Woese’s classification system?
What are Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya?
What is the final electron acceptor in aerobic respiration?
What is oxygen?
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?
What are the two reproductive cycles of bacteriophages?
What are the lytic cycle and lysogenic cycle?
What is the purpose of endospores?
What is survival in extreme conditions?
Father of antiseptic surgery
Who is Joseph Lister?
Name the three types of phosphorylation involved in ATP production.
What are substrate-level phosphorylation, oxidative phosphorylation, and photophosphorylation?
This eukaryotic microbe is responsible for causing malaria.
What is Plasmodium?
What type of infectious agent consists only of misfolded proteins?
What is a prion?
Name one example of an extremophile Archaea.
What are methanogens, halophiles, or hyperthermophiles?
What are Koch’s postulates used for?
What is identifying the causative agent of infectious diseases?