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