General Microbiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: The resolving power of a light microscope, shown in the image, is limited by the _____ of the light.

Answer: wavelength

Flashcard 2: germ theory was given by

Answer: Louise pasteur

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Flashcard 3: 3 phases of bacterial growth curve: _____ phase, growth/log phase, stationary phase

Answer: lag

Flashcard 4: The _____ of the bacterial spore is the outermost layer that is made of a keratin-like protein

Answer: coat

Flashcard 5: 4 Bacterial Growth Environments_____ - environment w/ O2Obligate Anaerobes - environment w/o O2Facultative Anaerobes - either w/ or w/o O2Intracellular bacteria

Answer: Obligate Aerobes

Flashcard 6: Rhinosporidium seeberi is an aquatic _____.

Answer: protista

Flashcard 7: _____ is the entry and development or multiplication of an infectious agent in another organism.

Answer: Infection

Flashcard 8: _____ designed the first electron microscope

Answer: Ernst Ruska

Flashcard 9: In which phase of bacterial growth does sporulation occur?_____

Answer: Stationary phase

Flashcard 10: _____ staining procedures can be used to visualise cell walls

Answer: Differential (Simple/Differential)