INTRODUCTION TO MICROBIOLOGY

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ACELLULAR                              HABITAT              PASTEURIZATION
ALGAE                                  HISTONES             PATHOGENS
ARCHAEA                                INOCULATING NEEDLE   PEPTIDOGLYCAN
BACTERIOLOGY                           ITALICS              PHYCOLOGY
BEIJERINCK                             JENNER               POSTULATES
BINARY FISSION                         KOCH                 PROKARYOTAE
CAPITAL                                LEEUWENHOEK          PROKARYOTIC
CHROMOSOMES                            LISTER               PROTISTA
CYTOPLASMIC STREAMING                  MEDIA                RABIES
DISEASE                                MICROBIOLOGY         REDI
EHRLICH                                MORPHOLOGY           SHAPE
EPIDEMIOLOGY                           MYCOLOGY             SMALL
ETIOLOGY                               NAME                 SPECIES
EUBACTERIA                             NEEDHAM              SPONTANEOUS
EUKARYOTIC                             NUCLEAR MEMBRANE     STEROLS
FLEMING                                NUCLEOID             STRAIN
FUNGI                                  NUCLEOLUS            VIROLOGY
GENUS                                  ORGANELLES           VIRUSES
GOLDEN AGE                             PASTEUR              WHITTAKER




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44. When written properly, the scientific name of an
    organism appears in _____.

46. Edward ______ used fluids from cowpox lesions as
    a vaccine to prevent small pox.

49. The species name should always begin with a
    _____ letter.




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                                                                  2.    Robert ____ introduced the use of agar to produce
ACROSS                                                                  a solid medium and the inoculating needle (loop) to
                                                                        isolate or transfer an organism.
1.    Type cells that possess a “true” nucleus, organelles        4.    The study of algae.
      and multiplies by mitosis.                                  5.    Disease causing organisms.
3.    The study of the form/structure of an organism.             6.    The genus name should always begin with a _____
6.    Paired structures that occur within the eukaryotic                letter.
      cell’s nucleus.                                             7.    The study of fungi.
9.    The “ancient” bacteria whose cell walls lack murein         8.    According to the Theory of ______ Generation living
      (pepdioglycan                                                     organisms arose from decaying nonliving materials.
10.   Type cell lacking a “true” nucleus and organelles.          11.   Structure of viruses.
15.   Complex lipids found in the cell membranes of               12.   The nuclear structure (body) in a prokaryotic cell is
      eukaryotic cells.                                                 called the _____.
18.   The _____ __ of Microbiology refers to about fifty          13.   The second word in the scientific name of an
      years (1875 - 1918) of very rapid development.                    organism that includes a group of identical
19.   The scientific name Streptococcus indicates the                   organisms.
      organisms _______.                                          14.   These microorganisms are obligate intracellular
20.   The first word in the scientific name of an organism.             parasites.
22.   Francis ____ performed experiments using chunks             16.   Single celled (and some multicellular) eukaryotic
      of meat placed in jars in attempt to disprove                     organisms capable of photosynthesis.
      spontaneous generation.                                     17.   John ______developed the first medium (an
23.   The “true” bacteria.                                              infusion broth) for the cultivation of microorganisms.
24.   The typical or “true” bacteria are classified in the        21.   The study of viruses.
      Kingdom ______.                                             24.   Pasteur developed this method using heat to
25.   Prokaryotic cells multiply by _____ _____.                        prevent the spoilage of wine.
27.   Paul ____ introduced chemotherapy, the use of               25.   The study of bacteria.
      chemical compounds to treat disease.                        26.   This structure surrounds the nuclear material in a
29.   The constant movement of the cytoplasm in                         eukaryotic cell.
      eukaryotic cells.                                           28.   The scientific name Escherichia coli describes the
34.   Small structures within eukaryotic cells that perform             organism’s _____.
      specific functions.                                         30.   Koch developed solid _______ for the isolation of
35.   Alexander _______ discovered the antibiotic                       bacteria.
      penicillin.                                                 31.   Koch used a charred splinter of wood to transfer
36.   A group of organisms that has characteristics                     bacteria from a single colony; this is now called the
      differing slightly from others in a species, but not              _______ ____.
      different enough to justify a different species name.       32.   Chemical compound found in the cell walls of
39.   The study of factors influencing the occurrence and               prokaryotic cells.
      spread of disease.                                          33.   The study of the cause of a disease.
42.   The study of microscopic organisms.                         35.   This kingdom contains organisms that are
45.   Robert ______ introduced the five kingdom system                  unicellular and multicellular, absorptive and
      of classification.                                                eukaryotic.
47.   Joseph _____ introduced the use of phenol                   37.   Anton van ______ was the first to observe the
      (carbolic acid) as an antiseptic/disinfectant to                  presence of microscopic organisms.
      prevent infection.                                          39.   Pasteur introduced a method of prevention for this
48.   The scientific name of the organism may be derived                disease using dried spinal cord material removed
      from the ______ of the researcher that studied the                from infected animals.
      organism.                                                   40.   Kingdom of organisms that includes algae,
50.   Sites of ribosomal RNA synthesis in the nucleus of                protozoans and slime molds.
      the eukaryotic cell.                                        41.   Koch’s _____ describe a set of experimental steps
51.   Louis ______ performed experiments using “swan-                   for relating a specific microbe to a specific disease.
      necked” flasks to disprove spontaneous generation.          43.   Proteins associated with the DNA in the nucleus of
52.   The scientific name Neisseria gonorrhea indicates                 eukaryotic cells.
      the _______ produced by this organism.
53.   Martinus _____ discovered the presence of
      filterable agents, viruses, capable of causing
      disease in tobacco plants.

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