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• Who is considered the father of chemotherapy?

  Paul Ehrlich
• What did Paul Ehrlich develop?

  Antimicro agents that kill bacteria
• What is salvarsan used for?

  A chemotherapeutic agent against syphilis
• What characteristic did Ehrlich identify in mycobacteria?

  Acid fastness nature
• What did Ehrlich refine in microbiology?

  The science of staining organisms
• What did Anton van Leeuwenhoek discover?

  • Tiny organisms called "animalcules"
  • Universally acknowledged as the "father of microbiology"
• What did Otto Muller contribute to microbiology?

  Organized bacteria into genera and species
• What theory did Friedrich Henle propose?

  The "germ theory" of disease
• Who is known as the father of bacteriology?

  Robert Koch
• What was Robert Koch's significant achievement?

  Demonstrated the connection between microbes and diseases
• What disease is caused by Bacillus anthracis?

  Anthrax
• What disease is caused by Vibrio cholera?

  Cholera
• What disease is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis?

  Tuberculosis
• What is Louis Pasteur known for?

  Invention of pasteurization and vaccines
• What bacterium did Theodore Escherich describe?

  Escherichia coli
• Who invented the agar-coated glass dish?

  Julius Petri
• What did Almroth Wright contribute to microbiology?

  Initiated typhoid vaccination
• What was Alexander Fleming's major discovery?

  Discovered penicillin
• What did Gerhard Domagk discover?

  Sulfanilamide
• What did Selman Waksman discover?

  Streptomycin
• What was John Enders' significant contribution?

  Cultivated viruses in cell cultures
• What did Betty Constance Hobbs publish a study on?

  Clostridium perfringens and food poisoning
• What did Barry Marshall prove about stomach ulcers?

  Most are caused by bacteria
• What was Craig Venter's significant achievement?

  First complete genome sequence of a microorganism
• What is the function of the mechanical stage in a microscope?

  Holds the specimen for examination
• What is the purpose of the ocular lenses in a microscope?

  Magnifies the image viewed
• What is the magnification of the scanning objective lens?

  4x
• What is the total magnification of a 40x objective lens with a 10x ocular lens?

  400x
• What is the role of the iris diaphragm in a microscope?

  Controls the amount of light passing through
• What are the types of microscopes and their descriptions?

  • Bright-field: Dark specimens against light background
  • Phase-Contrast: Highlights transparent objects
  • Dark-field: Light specimens against black background
  • Fluorescence: Uses UV light to detect bacteria/viruses
  • Electron: Uses electron beams for high resolution
• What is bacteriology?

  The study of bacteria
• What is mycology?

  The study of fungi
• What is parasitology?

  The study of parasites
• What is virology?

  The study of viruses
• What does medical microbiology study?

  Pathogens and diseases they cause
• What is the focus of diagnostic microbiology?

  Laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases
• What does immunology study?

  The immune system
• What is genetic engineering?

  Involvement of mutation and alteration
• What are the chief distinguishing characteristics of prokaryotes and eukaryotes?

  Prokaryotes:

  • No true nucleus
  • No membrane-bound organelles
  • DNA not associated with histones
  • Cell walls contain peptidoglycan
  • Divide by binary fission

  
  

  Eukaryotes:

  • True nuclear membrane
  • Membrane-bound organelles
  • DNA associated with histones
  • No peptidoglycan
  • Divide by mitosis
• What are viruses classified as?

  Non-cellular elements with some properties