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A) They have no effect on the immune system B) They stimulate the immune system C) They suppress the immune system D) They consume the immune system
A) Increased soil acidity B) Fewer plant diseases and higher yield C) More plant diseases and lower yield D) Decreased soil moisture
A) Vitamin D B) Folic acid C) Vitamin C D) Vitamin A
A) Probiotics B) Viruses C) Pathogens D) Parasites
A) Tuberculosis B) Ringworm C) Influenza D) Malaria
A) Candidiasis B) AIDS C) Sleeping sickness D) Anthrax
A) They are not classified as living organisms B) They are only found in the soil C) They do not cause disease D) They are too large to be microorganisms
A) Autoclave B) Microwave C) Refrigerator D) Cooking pot
A) A common microbe B) Human military technology C) Extreme heat D) Lack of oxygen
A) Eliminate them B) Synthesize them C) Freeze them D) Ferment them
A) Plague B) Dysentery C) Histoplasmosis D) Yellow fever
A) To fertilize the soil B) To avoid infection or food spoilage C) To increase microbial growth D) To study microorganism evolution
A) No clear examples are known B) Only one type is known C) All archaeans are pathogens D) Yes, many are known
A) Osmosis Jones B) Ozzy & Drix C) The War of the Worlds D) FlOw
A) Sexual processes B) Deep freezing C) Complete sterility D) Lack of fermentation
A) Pasteurization B) Fermentation C) Photosynthesis D) Distillation
A) Microorganisms B) Chemical catalysts C) Viruses D) Insects
A) Only Kosher if blessed B) Subject to harvest rules C) Inherently Kosher D) Inherently forbidden
A) Carbon dioxide B) Oxygen C) Nitrogen D) Methane
A) Aspergillus niger B) Acetobacter aceti C) Clostridium butyricum D) Lactobacillus
A) Clostridium butyricum B) Tolypocladium inflatum C) Monascus purpureus D) Streptococcus
A) Aspergillus niger B) Tolypocladium inflatum C) Streptococcus D) Saccharomyces cerevisiae
A) It is extremely large B) It lives only in volcanic vents C) It is a type of virus D) It is a simple eukaryote that grows rapidly
A) Throwing diseased corpses into castles B) Using smoke screens to suffocate soldiers C) Releasing invasive insects into fields D) Poisoning water wells with lead
A) Schizosaccharomyces pombe B) Aspergillus niger C) Saccharomyces cerevisiae D) Monascus purpureus
A) Pharmaceutical pills B) Fertilizer C) Liquid fuels D) Solid plastic
A) Yeast B) Lactobacillus C) Anthrax D) Methane gas
A) Archaea B) Protists C) Viruses D) Bacteria
A) 220 million years ago B) 1 billion years ago C) 3.5 billion years ago D) 3 billion years ago
A) Virology B) Microbiology C) Evolutionary biology D) Bacteriology
A) Photosynthesis B) Conjugation C) Replication D) Mutation
A) Fixed genetic makeup B) Lack of reproduction C) Horizontal gene transfer D) Slow mutation
A) Superbugs B) Prokaryotes C) Methanogens D) Endosymbionts
A) Parakaryon myojinensis B) Siberian Traps C) Triassic algae D) Precambrian bacteria
A) Carbon B) Nickel C) Iron D) Oxygen
A) Germ theory of disease B) Chemolithotrophy C) Spontaneous generation D) Evolutionary biology
A) Soil B) Blood C) Water D) Broths
A) Liquid impurities B) Spontaneous generation C) Chemical reactions D) Spores on dust
A) Protoctista B) Bacillus anthracis C) Tobacco mosaic virus D) Euglena
A) Haeckel's rules B) Winogradsky's laws C) Koch's postulates D) Pasteur's principles
A) Bacillus anthracis B) Bacteriophage C) Tobacco mosaic virus D) Euglena
A) Ernst Haeckel B) Robert Koch C) John Hogg D) Louis Pasteur
A) Viruses B) Bacteria C) Protista D) Protoctista
A) Spontaneous generation B) Chemolithotrophy C) Enrichment culture D) Boiled broth filtration
A) Martinus Beijerinck B) Louis Pasteur C) Félix d'Hérelle D) Sergei Winogradsky
A) Robert Koch B) Martinus Beijerinck C) Sergei Winogradsky D) Félix d'Hérelle
A) Chemolithotrophy B) Spontaneous generation C) Germ theory of disease D) The third kingdom theory
A) Girolamo Fracastoro B) Akshamsaddin C) Robert Hooke D) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
A) Akshamsaddin B) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek C) Girolamo Fracastoro D) Robert Hooke
A) Girolamo Fracastoro B) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek C) Akshamsaddin D) Robert Hooke
A) 1665 B) 1450 C) 1673 D) 1546
A) The Material of Life B) Microbiology Today C) Maddat ul-Hayat D) Micrographia
A) Seed B) Microorganism C) Cell D) Bacteria
A) Akshamsaddin B) Louis Pasteur C) Robert Hooke D) Girolamo Fracastoro
A) Avicenna B) Anton van Leeuwenhoek C) Robert Koch D) Louis Pasteur
A) Eukaryota B) Nigodas C) Deinococcus radiodurans D) Animalia minuta
A) Microbiota B) Nigodas C) Protists D) Animalia minuta
A) Mahavira B) Marcus Terentius Varro C) Louis Pasteur D) Avicenna
A) Avicenna B) Robert Koch C) Mahavira D) Marcus Terentius Varro
A) Pathogens B) Nigodas C) Microbiota D) Animalia minuta
A) Fermenting foods B) Manufacturing heavy machinery C) Eliminating all hygiene measures D) Creating radiation
A) Robert Koch B) Charles Darwin C) Louis Pasteur D) Carl Woese
A) Phosphoglycerides B) Cholesterol C) Ester lipids D) Ether lipids
A) Nanoarchaeota B) Korarchaeota C) Crenarchaeota D) Euryarchaeota
A) Between 50 and 100 metres B) Below 150 metres C) Above 10 metres D) At the ocean surface
A) Nitrogen fixation B) Ammonia oxidation C) Photosynthesis D) Carbon sequestration
A) Below +100 °C B) Below +140 °C C) Below +200 °C D) Below +80 °C
A) 10% B) 0.001% C) 1% D) 50%
A) To reproduce B) To create bioluminescence C) To consume other cells D) Stressful environmental conditions
A) 1975 B) 2000 C) 1990 D) 1980
A) One quarter B) Seventy-five percent C) Half D) Ten percent
A) Extremophiles B) Mesophiles C) Aerobes D) Psychrophiles
A) Only in outer space B) Deep beneath the Earth's crust in rocks C) Only in volcanic lava D) Exclusively in animal stomachs
A) Eukaryotic B) Multicellular C) Membrane-bound D) Prokaryotic
A) A circular chromosome B) Protein strands C) A nucleus containing RNA D) Multiple linear chromosomes
A) Spores B) Chromosomes C) Organelles D) Plasmids
A) Syngamy B) Binary fission C) Meiotic sexual reproduction D) Mitosis
A) Gene transfer B) Survival C) Reproduction D) Photosynthesis
A) Every 20 minutes B) Every 10 minutes C) Every 24 hours D) Every hour
A) E. coli B) Thiomargarita namibiensis C) Archaea D) Myxobacteria
A) Circular chromosomes B) Cell walls C) DNA D) Organelles
A) Chloroplast B) Plasmid C) Cytoplasm D) Nucleus
A) Nucleus B) Mitochondria C) Golgi apparatus D) Chloroplast
A) Binary fission B) Meiosis C) Budding D) Mitosis
A) Zygote B) Gamete C) Bacterium D) Spore
A) DNA B) Chlorophyll C) Plasmids D) Bacteria
A) Acellular B) Unicellular C) Multicellular only D) Colonial only
A) Candida albicans B) Baker's yeast C) Charophyta D) Slime molds
A) Charales B) Saccharomyces cerevisiae C) Schizosaccharomyces pombe D) Candida albicans
A) Phenotypic switching B) Strictly multicellular C) Strictly unicellular D) Photosynthetic only
A) 1000 B) 500 C) 10000 D) 6000
A) Slime molds B) Green flagellates C) Charales D) Baker's yeast
A) 1 kilometre B) 500 metres C) 10 kilometres D) 7 kilometres
A) Biogeochemical B) Extremophilism C) Parasitism D) Mutualism
A) Mutualists B) Pathogens C) Extremophiles D) Symbionts
A) Candida B) Saccharomyces C) Slime molds D) Charophyta
A) Halophiles B) Thermophiles C) Psychrophiles D) Acidophiles
A) Piezophiles B) Thermophiles C) Alkaliphiles D) Psychrophiles
A) Halobacterium salinarum B) Deinococcus radiodurans C) Rhizobium D) Myxococcus xanthus
A) High radiation B) Low temperatures C) Extremely alkaline pH D) Very high pressures |