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