Exam 5: The Microbial World

___________ pathogens may cause disease in immunocompromised patients.

The study of the classification of organisms into distinct groups is called _______________.

Which of the microbes may have a genome of RNA OR DNA?

Describe and give an example of each of the six groups of microbes. Indicate if they are procaryotic, eukaryotic, or not considered alive.

Red tide is caused by a bloom of what kind of alga?

Provide an example of a disease caused by a protozoan.

Psychrophiles are microbes that live best in:

Of the microbes listed below, which is the smallest?

Compare and contrast the basic cellular structure of procaryotic cells versus eucaryotic cells.