Microbiology Final Review

Which of the following is a method of transferring DNA to other cells by creating pores in cell membranes?

Which bacterial infection commonly appears in the face and neck with lesions sometimes mistaken as fungal?

HIPAC develops guidelines for healthcare workers to prevent disease as a special section of which government agency?

What is the term used for the process of heating foods such as dairy just enough to kill organisms, no change in taste?

Adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine are components of which of the following genetic structures?

Which term describes the clear spaces on an agarfilled culture plate produce by the lysis of bacteria during phagetyping

Which bacterial species can create a protective mechanism developed during unfavorable conditions?

In the binomial nomenclature classification of humans as homosapiens, which of the following is NOT correct?

Which group of viruses includes the illness cause by the COVID-19 virus?

Which of the following has a cell envelope that contains the antigenic protein M?

Typhoid mary is an example of which type of disease carrier?

Which disease is also known as infectious hemorrhagic jaundice or black vomit?

How many phases of microbial growth are plotted on a population growth curve?

What is the basic or standard unit of measurement for length used in the scientific community?

Which test has been used to determine DNA fingerprinting in root cause analyses of healthcare-associated infections?

Creutfeldt-Jakob disease is the human form of incurable and fatal infection by which of the following?

Which term describes a substance that causes damage to a developing embryo as seen in mutagen polymethyl methacrylate?

HPV is often transmitted between sexual partners who are unaware of their infection status as which type of carrier?

Which process was used that injected healthy individuals with fluid from cowpox pustules to try immunity to smallpox

Who was the first pioneer in Micro to use the term "cell" to describe the smal, honeycomb-like spaces seen in cork?

The Division of Vector-Borne Diseases is a department commissioned by which of the following governmental agencies?

Which fungal form of yeast is of particular concern due to increase in antifungal resistance to drugs?

Which type of metazoic parasite attaches to the intestinal lining with hooks, using host nutrients, and causing anemia?

In traditional taxonomic hierarchy pyramid models, which of the following represents the top (smallest) group?

Ignaz Semmelweis tried to educate other physicians in ways to reduce incidence of which disease by hand washing?

Health agencies have expressed concern over increasing drug resistance to drugs isoniazid and rifampin, which treats?

Which of the following diseases has developed drugresistant form that require longterm and expensive antibiotic therapy?

Surgical team members utilize all of the following to prevent disease transmission EXCEPT:

Which two classification models would include plant, animal, and human cells but NOT bacterial microbes?

In which method of bacterial counting is a desiccator unit used?

Which category of mutagen includes the procedure called fluoroscopy used exstensively in many surgical procedures?

Which type of eukaryotic microbes are responsible for "blooms" in bodies of water and pond scum?

Which eukaryotic cellular structure produces fats, carbs and proteins that comprise the cell membrane?

Which microscope creates halo effect of light around the specimen and aids in seeing internal cellular structures?

which is believed to be the most common form of mutation in bacterial species?

Which disease causes extensive destruction of skin bone and cartilage resulting in disfigurment or need for amputation?

In which stage of syphilis would numbness of he extremeties known as tabes doralis be seen?

Which laboratory substance is made of red marine algae?

Antibiotics such as penicillin, and amoxicillin are ineffective against which bacteria that produce beta-lactamase?

Which of the following structures in eukaryotic cells cover the plasma membrane with a protective layer of adhesive carb

Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek used which term to describe the tiny organisms he saw with a single-lens microscope?

The disease histoplasmosis would be classified as which type of disease?

Necrotizing fasciitis is most often the result of a break in the skin allowing which of the following to gain access?

Viruses are classified as which of the following?

Which term describes the scientific specialist whose main focus of study is insects and methods of disease transmission?

Which term describes proteinaceous toxins produced by some species of bacteria?

Which of the following groups of fungal spores reproduces sexually?

Which term describes a type of microbe that causes infection or disease?

Recent childbirth or mestraul tampons left in place for an extended time are risk factors for which type of infection?

Which of the following are virulence fators that are lipopolysaccharides locatedd in the cell wall?

Which of the following increases in number as a nonspecific defense mechanism when there is an infection present?

The semiliquid portion of the cytoplasm where most of the important chemical reactions necessary for cells to function

Flagella and axial filaments provide which benefit to some species prokaryotic microbes?

Wich of the following describes the pathogenic attachement of a microbial invader to host tissues?

The Spanish Flu of 1918 and HIV-AIDS represnet which type of disease outbreak in the twentieth century?

Which form of dermatophtosis involves the feet?

Which disease is commonly associated with dented ot bulging cans of food?

Chronic bone and bone marrow infections are most commonly caused by which of the following?

Which structures are invaginations or inward folds that form pouchlike cavities present in the cytoplasmic membrane?

Which parasitic species has the ability to cross the placental barrier and infect the nervous system of the fetus?

Which name given to small circular DNA molecules designated as F or R that are nonselective and transfer to other cells?

Which group of complex circularshaped, vaccinepreventable virueses are typically responsible for severe GI infections?

Which type of inclusion bodies are indicative of possible cancer in an individual?

Which of the following is a rare type of skin cancer that was often associated with immunodeficiency syndrome?

Which type of virus is among the smallest in size approxiamately 25 nm?

Which of the following forms of reproduction is classified as sexual?

Which fungal infection commonly transmitted by ezposure to bat guano or bird droppings?

Which of the following scientists expanded the original two kingdom classification system by adding a third?

Which term described the lesions that may appear on sexual organs in the primary stage of syphilis infections?

Which of the following represents the period in which a bacterial cell divides and doubles its population size?

Which bacterial forms have specific morphology that is comprised of species that are nearly all motile?

Who developed the scientific nomenclature that standardized the naming of organisms in the 1700's?

Which group of fungal pathogens is commonly found in soil with rotting otganic matter and causes infection?

Which method of transmission of serious staph or strep pathogens is most associated with patients needing ventilators?

Which of the following is the primary stain used in spore staining and capable of penetrating the spore wall?

Which of the following are single-celled prokaryotic microorganisms?

which term describes an organism that lives on, with or inside another organism of a different species and cause harm?

Which cellular structure is surrounded by a membrane, contains chromatin granules, and is only present in eukaryotes?

The formation of biolfilms depends primarily on which of the following?

Which of the following are small rounded nodules in the lungs that develop from lesions as seen in TB infections?

Which highly pathogenic bacteria is responsible for infection seen in patients who have ventriculoatrial shunts

Which term describes the condition in which the number of microbial deaths is relatively the same as growth of cells?

Peptidoglycan is a macromolecule that makes up a large potion of which of the following bacterial cell structure?

Which of the following is an intracellular pathogens that grows in macrophages and causes a number of foodborne disease?

Flaccid paralysis is a sign of which if the following forms of botulism infection?