Introduction to Microbiology

Question 1

Theory of Abiogenesis

Answer 1

spontaneous generation of life from in-animate/ nonliving substance

Question 2

Theory of Biogenesis

Answer 2

Rudolf Virchow/ 1858: life can only arise from pre-existing life. Does NOT
speculate on origin of life

Question 3

Phytoplankton

Answer 3

tiny microscopic ocean/ marine living organisms e.g., bacteria, algae &
plants serving as food for tiny animals.

Question 4

Zooplankton

Answer 4

tiny microscopic ocean/marine living animals serving as food for larger animals

Question 5

B12

Answer 5

cyanocobalamin

Question 6

B1

Answer 6

Thiamine

Question 7

B7

Answer 7

Biotin

Question 8

B6

Answer 8

pyridoxine

Question 9

B5

Answer 9

pantothenic acid

Question 10

phycology / phycologist

Answer 10

algae

Question 11

mycology/mycologist

Answer 11

fungi

Question 12

Paleomicrobiology (Anthropology, Archaeology & Microbiology):

Answer 12

study of ancient microbes

Question 13

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Answer 13

father of microbiology
the first person to observe and describe bacteria under microscope

Question 14

Louis Pastuer

Answer 14

french chemist who contributed to the germ theory of disease, developed pasteurization

Question 15

Robert Koch

Answer 15

german physician/microbiologist

Question 16

Koch’s postulates

Answer 16

a set of criteria that establish whether a particular organism is the cause of a particular disease

Question 17

exceptions to Koch’s postulates

Answer 17

There are Microbes that have complex nutritional requirements, such as the
leprosy bacterium, and the
spirochetes of syphilis (Treponema pallidum).

Question 18

RJ. petri

Answer 18

invented the Petri dish