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1. The study of fungi is known as_______
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2. Who disproved and defeated the theory of spontaneous generation?
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__________ is a type of microscope in which magnification is obtained by a system of optical lenses using light waves
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4. __________ are stick like bacteria with rounded, square, tapered or swollen ends.
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5. ______ is the study of microorganisms
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6. The main branches of Microbiology are Basic and_____
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7. Which groups of microorganism are not placed in any of the domains?
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8. Tuberculosis is caused by a _______
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9. __________ deals with microbial processes in lakes, rivers, and the oceans.
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10. Organisms having more than one cell are said to be ____
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___________ involves the study of soil microorganisms which has led to the discovery of antibiotics and other important chemicals.
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_______ postulated the Germ Theory of Disease which states that microorganisms are the cause of infectious diseases.
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__________ focuses on the nature of genetic information in microorganisms in microorganisms and how it regulates the development and functions of cells and organisms.
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14. Cholera is caused by a bacteria ____
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15. __________ are known to confer resistance to phagocytosis
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________ are round, oval or spherical in diameter characteristic arrangement when multiplying is based on arrangement of cells
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17. Tuberculosis caused by a bacterium called________
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__________ is the chemical transformation of organic compounds carried out by microorganisms and their enzymes.
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19. There are two fundamentally different types of fixation: ________ and ______
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20. A flagellum is composed of _________ parts
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21. Capsules are known to confer resistance to _________
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__________ deals with the discovery of microbial enzymes and the chemical reactions they carry out.
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_________ deals with how the immune system protects the body from pathogens and the response of infectious agents.
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_________ are small slightly curved rods,or comma shaped 3-4μm in length by 0.5μm in width.
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25. Robert Koch (1843-1910) was a _________physician.
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26. _________use a beam of electrons to illuminate and create magnified images of specimens.
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__________ is used as a pharmaceutical to supply calcium to the body by several fungi including Penicillium and Aspergillus species.
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28. Spirochaeters are divided into _________ main groups.
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Vaccines for the diseases anthrax, fowl cholera and rabies between 1880 and 1890 by_________
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The __________ produces an image from electron released from atoms on an object‟s surface.
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31. __________ derive carbon from inorganic sources such as carbon dioxide.
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32. Bacteria are _________in diameter.
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___________ is a process in which a bacterial cell divides to give two daughter cells after developing a transverse septum (cross wall).
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__________ proved that maggots on decaying meat came from fly eggs deposited on the meat, and not from the meat itself.
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The ________ states that the minimal distance (d) between two objects that reveal them as separate entities depends on the wavelength of light used to illuminate the specimen and on the numerical aperture of the lens ( which is the ability of the lens to gather light.
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36. _________ showed that mutations were pontaneous and not directed by the environment.
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_________ are bacteria that derive carbon from preformed organic nutrients such as sugar or carbohydrate.
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__________ showed that flasks sealed and then boiled had no growth of microorganisms and he proposed that air carried germs to the culture medium.
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39. The body or vegetative structure of a fungus is called a _________
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40. Bacteria was discovered in ____
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41. Koch discovered causative organisms of anthrax _________
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__________ is the process by which the internal and external structures of cells and microorganisms are preserved and fixed in position
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___________ deals with the identification and the control of the spread of communicable diseases.
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44. ________ made sketches of the different shapes of bacteria.
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45. AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is caused by the __________
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46. ________ was the first person to make a known description of microorganisms
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47. Obligately anaerobic fungi are found in the rumen of__________.
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48. __________ discovered that alcoholic fermentation was catalyzed by Living Yeast Cells.
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49. The study of protozoa is called_____
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Pasteur‟s work led to an effective sterilization method which involve holding juices and milk at 62.8OC (145OF) for 30 minutes known as ______
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