Scientists Organisms
Infectious
Agents
Earth’s
History
Divisions
of Micro
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Who disproved
spontaneous generation
in larger organisms?
REDI
Who developed presurgical procedure to
reduce infections
Lister
Who invented the
microscope?
Leeuwenhoek
Who supported
spontaneous
generation?
Needham
Who proposed one
way that early life
might of evolved on
early Earth?
Miller
Bacteria are what
type of cells?
Prokaryotic
Pasteur discovered two types of cells,
aerobic and anaerobic. Which one uses
oxygen?
Aerobic
What is a heat
resistant form of a
bacteria?
Endospore
What type of cells
are protista & fungi?
Eukaryotic
There are two types of bacteria, what
are they and how are they different?
Arachaebacteria & eubacteria
What is a virus?
A non living infectious agent
What is a prion?
A infectious protein known to cause
mad cow disease.
What is a viroid?
Only RNA that infects plants
Which part of the microbial world is
considered non-living?
Viruses
Bacteriaphages are…
Viruses that only infect bacteria
How old is the planet Earth?
4.5 Billion years
How long ago did bacteria evolved?
3.5 billion years ago
Was there oxygen in early earth’s
atmosphere?
No
What prevented life from evolving
on land?
UV radiation
What had to form to allow for life to
evolve on land?
Ozone
What is the study of protozoans?
Protozoology
What is the study of molds & yeast?
Mycology
What is the study of viruses?
Virology
What division of microbiology is
concerned with the study of
agricultural products?
Agricultural microbiology
Which division of microbiology is
concerned with the host’s reaction to
a pathogen?
Immunology