First Lecture

Question 1

Characteristics of life (8)

Answer 1

Adaptation through evolution
Cellular organization
Growth and development
Heredity
Homeostasis
Metabolism
Reproduction
Response to stimuli

Question 2

viruses and prions are also called _____

Answer 2

agents

Question 3

Microbiology has fundamental research on these fields (5)

Answer 3

Biochemistry
Physiology
Cell Biology
Ecology
Evolution
Clinical aspects

Question 4

Microorganisms are usually less than ____

Answer 4

1 mm

Question 5

Microbiology why? (2)

Answer 5

BASIC Biological Science
-accessible research tools

APPLIED Biological Science
-deals with important practical problems, medicine, agriculture, industry
-biotechnology (genetic engineering + industrial microbiology)

Question 6

BT corn is based on what bacteria?

Answer 6

Bacillus thuringiensis

Question 7

Insulin is produced from a gene found in the ___ through a ____, producing in a fermentation tank, then purified

Answer 7

Pancreas, recombinant bacterium

Question 8

Microorganisms reach (3)

Answer 8

Microorganisms are ubiquitous (everywhere)

High range of activity and diversity

Microorganisms greatly affect environment and other life forms

Question 9

1. Microbiology divides into (2)

Answer 9

Basic research microbiology
Applied microbiology

Question 10

2. Basic research Microbiology divides into (3)

Answer 10

By Kind of organism

By process

In relation to disease

Question 11

3. Basic research Applied Microbiology divides into (3)

Answer 11

Disease-related
Environmental
Industrial

Question 12

4. By Kind of Organism (6) [Basic research]

Answer 12

Bacteriology
Phycology
Mycology
Protozoology
Parasitology
Virology

Question 13

5. By process (3) [Basic research]

Answer 13

Microbial metabolism
Microbial genetics
Microbial ecology

Question 14

6. In Relation to disease (3) [Basic research]

Answer 14

Immunology
Epidemiology
Etiology

Question 15

7. Disease-related (2) [Applied microbiology]

Answer 15

Infection control
Chemotherapy

Question 16

8. Environmental (1) [Applied microbiology]

Answer 16

Environmental microbiology

Question 17

9. Industrial (2) [Applied microbiology]

Answer 17

Food and beverage technology
Pharmaceutical microbiology
Genetic engineering

Question 18

Applied Microbiology (9)

Study of pathogenic microbes

Microbes related to production of medicine

microbes for industrial processes

Use of microbes to make products

Microbes and food spoilage

Agriculturally relevant microbes

Study of microbes in water

Study of microbes in air

Microbes in geological substances

Microbes cleaning

Microbes in space

Microbes on nano level

Quantification of factors

Answer 18

Medical Microbiology

Pharmaceutical Microbiology

Industrial Microbiology

Microbial biotechnology

Food Microbiology

Agricultural Microbiology

Water Microbiology

Aeromicrobiology

Environmental Microbiology

Geomicrobiology

Bioremediation

Astro microbiology

Nanomicrobiology

Predictive microbiology