Final Exam Studying Flashcards
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The current system of nomenclature for organisms was established by
Linnaeus
Scientific nomenclature assigns each organism two names: the genus and the ___
Specific epithet
Bacteria that divide in multiple planes and form grapelike clusters are called ___
Staphylococci
In 1978, Carl Woese devised a system of classification that groups organisms into the domains Bacteria, Archaea, and ___
Eukarya
Eukarya includes all of the following except \_\_\_ Viruses Protists Fungi Plants
Viruses
Robert Koch
Proved that bacteria can cause disease
Who discovered the structure of DNA?
Watson and Crick
Robert Koch developed his postulates while identifying the cause of which disease?
Anthrax
Alexander Fleming
Discovered penicillin
Louis Pasteur
Discovered the cause of fermentation
Joseph Lister is associated with
Aseptic surgery
Jenner is associated with
Vaccination
The process of using just enough heat to kill bacteria that cause spoilage was developed by ___
Pasteur
HIV destroys which type of immune cells?
T cells
All of the following are natural human defenses against disease except \_\_\_ Interferon Penicillin Skin Mucous membranes
Penicillin
Human disease caused by a prion is known as ___
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (mad cow disease)
Bioremediation is the use of microbes to ___
To clean up pollutants and toxic wastes
Biotechnology can best be defined as using living organisms to
Develop useful products
ONLY bacteria can convert which element into a form that is available to plants and animals?
Nitrogen
Who challenged the case for spontaneous generation with the concept of biogenesis?
Rudolf Virchow
Most ocular lenses magnify specimens by a factor of
10
The ability of the lenses to distinguish fine detail and structure is called
Resolution
Before microorganisms are stained, MOST appear ___ when viewed with brightfield microscopy
Colorless
Bacteria divide by
Binary fission
