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Known as the "father of microbiology"
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Antom von Leeuwenhoek
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The microbes that usually live on or in a person are collectively referred as
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Indigenous microflora
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Microbes that live on dead and decaying organic material are known as:
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Saprophytes
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The study of algae is called:
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Phycology
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The field of parasitology involves the study of which of the following types of organisms?
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Arthropods, helminths, and certain protozoa
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Rudolf Virchow is given credit for proposing which of the following theories?
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Biogenesis
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Which of the following microbes are considered obligatee intracelllar pathogens?
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Richettsias, chlamydias, and viruses
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Which of the following statements is true?
Koch developed a rabies vaccine Microbes are ubiquitous Most microbes are harmful to humans Pasteur conducted experiments that proved the theory of abiogenesis |
Microbes are ubiquitous
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Which of the following are even smalle than viruses?
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Prions and viroids
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Which of the following individuals introduced the terms "aerobes" and "anaerobes"?
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Louis Pasteur
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A millimeter is equivalent to how many nanometers?
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1,000,000
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What is the length of an average rod-shape bacterium (bacillus)?
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3 um
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What is the total magnification when using the high-power (high-dry) objective of a compound light microscope equipped with a X10 ocular lens?
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400
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How many times better is the resolution of the transmission electron microscope than the resolution of the unaided human eye?
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1,000,000
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How many times better is the resolution of the transmission electron microscope than the resolution of the compound light microscope?
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1,000
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