Diagnostic Microbiology 4th Edition by Connie R. Mahon
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1. To survive, microbial inhabitants have learned to adapt by varying all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Growth rate
b. Growth in all atmospheric conditions
c. Growth at particular temperatures
d. Bacterial shape
ANS: D
The chapter begins by discussing the way microbial inhabitants have had to evolve to survive in
many different niches and habitats. It discusses slow growers, rapid growers, and replication with
scarce or abundant nutrients, under different atmospheric conditions, temperature requirements,
and cell structure. Bacterial shape as a form of evolution is not discussed.
REF: page 3 OBJ: Level 2 â Interpretation
2. Who was considered the father of protozoology and bacteriology?
a. Anton van Leeuwenhoek
b. Louis Pasteur
c. Carl Landsteiner
d. Michael Douglas
ANS: A
The book discusses Anton van Leeuwenhoek as the inventor of the microscope and the first
person to see the âbeasties.â So they dubbed him the father of protozoology and bacteriology.
The other three individuals were not discussed.
REF: page 4 OBJ: Level 1 â Recall
3. Prokaryotic cells have which the following structures in their cytoplasm?
a. Golgi apparatus
b. Ribosome
c. Mitochondria
d. Endoplasmic reticulum
ANS: B
All the structures listed are found in eukaryotic cells, but the one that only applies to prokaryotic
cells is the ribosome.
REF: page 5 OBJ: Level 1 â Recall
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