Lecture 01

Question 1

When naming with Scientific names, the ____ is the first name and should ALWAYS be ________.

Answer 1

Genus; Capitalized

Question 2

When naming with Scientific names, the _____ is the second name and should ALWAYS be______.

Answer 2

species; lowercase

Question 3

When naming microbes, when typing the should be ______ while when handwritten they should be _____.

Answer 3

Italicized; underlined

Question 4

A genus can be initialed ONLY if introduced beforehand in the paper.
T/F

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Al-Razi contributed:

3

Answer 5

• Had some of the earliest experiements using scientific method
• connected putrefication of mean to the infection of wounds
• contributed to Bad Air Hypothesis

Question 6

Robert Hooke contributed:

2

Answer 6

• Hypothesized life’s smallest unit are called “cells”

- Marked beginning of Cell Theory

Question 7

Cell Theory States:

Answer 7

All living things are comprised of cells that come from other cells

Question 8

Leeuwenhoek contributed:

1

Answer 8

The invention of the microscope to observe microbes or “animalcules”

Question 9

Pasteur contribued:

5

Answer 9

• Disproving spontaneous generations
• Created “Swan neck flasks”
• Discovered pasteurization
• Germ Theory of Disease
• Developed vaccines

Question 10

Koch Contributed:

Answer 10

• Helped with developing Germ Theory

Question 11

Hesse contributed:

1

Answer 11

Responsible for use of agar in all microbiology labs

Question 12

Gram contributed:

1

Answer 12

Coming up with staining techniques for identifying bacteria

Question 13

Semmelweis contributed:

2

Answer 13

• Hypothesized “cadaver particles”

- Developed hand washing techniques

Question 14

Lister contributed:

Answer 14

identifying and insinuating cleaning and disinfecting wounds

Question 15

Nightingale contributed:

3

Answer 15

• introduced antiseptic and cleanliness into nursing practices
• cleaning hosptials and changing patient gowns
• founded first hospital

Question 16

Snow contributed:

2

Answer 16

• Studied the propagation of cholera

- founded fields of Epidemiology and Infection Control

Question 17

Jenner contributed:

Answer 17

Created Smallpox vaccine

Question 18

What is Biogenesis?

Answer 18

• Living things are reproduced asexually and sexually

- Living organisms arise from pre-existing life

Question 19

What is Spontaneous Generation?

Answer 19

• From non-living things

- Living organisms arise from non-living matter

Question 20

What is Antibitoic?

Answer 20

Chemical produced by bacteria and fungi that inhibits or kills other microbes

Question 21

What is Antimicrobial?

Answer 21

substances of natural, semisynthetic or synthetic orgin that kills or inhibits the growth of a microorganism

Question 22

All antibiotics are antimicrobial.

T/F

Answer 22

T

Question 23

All antimicrobials are antibitoics.

T/F

Answer 23

F

Not all antimicrobials are antibiotics

Question 24

What is a chemical that is effective against sleeping sickness and syphillis?

Answer 24

Salvarsan

Question 25

What is the antibiotic derived from a fungus and used to kill S. Auresus?

Answer 25

Penecillian

Question 26

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Answer 26

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Question 27

How does Koch’s postulates apply to the Germ Theory of Disease?
(4)

Answer 27

• The suspected microbe must be associated with every case of the disease and absent from the healthy subjects
• The suspected microbe must be isolated and grown in pure culture
• When inoculated into a healthy host, the suspected microbe must cause the same disease/symptom
• The suspected microbe must be re-isolated from a new host