Exam 1: The Main Themes of Microbiology

The smallest and most significant taxon is a ______.

Which of the following is a traditional human use of microorganisms?

Which of the following is a unique characteristic of viruses that distinguishes them from the other major groups of microorganisms?

A scientist who studies the influence of microbes in the formation of caves is called a/an ______.

Which group of microorganisms is composed only of hereditary material wrapped in a protein covering?

Experimentation _______.

Taxonomy does not involve ______.

In general, eukaryotic cells are about ______ times larger than bacterial or archaeal cells.

A recently-developed mnemonic for remembering the taxonomic levels from Domain to Species is "Dumb Kids Prefer Candy Over Fancy Green Salad." The word "candy" here is a reminder of the taxonomic level of ______.

A diagram of the three domains (Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya) proceeding from the Last Common Ancestor would show Archaea _______.

Which scienti?c name is written correctly?

The orderly arrangement of organisms into a hierarchy of taxa is called ______.

The majority of oxygen in earth's atmosphere is a product of photosynthesis by ______.

Among these types of microorganisms, the ______ are noncellular.

Members of the same species share many more characteristics compared to those shared by members of the same kingdom.

Helminths are ______.

Using microbes to detoxify a site contaminated with heavy metals is an example of ______.

The incidence of deaths from communicable disease is ______ in the United States compared to the entire world.

The study of evolutionary relationships among organisms is called ______.

All bacteria and archaea are microorganisms, but only some eukaryotes are microorganisms.