What was the first disease shown to be bacterial in origin?
A) yellow fever
B) cholera
C) anthrax
D) malaria
E) tuberculosis
Which of the following is an INCORRECT pairing?
A) protozoa; multicellular
B) fungi; cell walls
C) algae; aquatic and marine habitats
D) prokaryotes; no nuclei
E) viruses; acellular parasites
Robert Koch was involved in research on all of the following topics EXCEPT
A) the cause of anthrax.
B) the cause of fermentation.
C) development of a method to determine the cause of an infectious disease.
D) the cause of tuberculosis.
E) techniques for isolating microbes in the laboratory.
John Snow's research during a cholera outbreak in London laid the foundation for which of the following branches of microbiology?
A) infection control only
B) epidemiology only
C) immunology only
D) both infection control and epidemiology
E) infection control, epidemiology, and immunology
What is the correct order for the application of Koch's postulates? I. Inoculate suspect agent into test subject and observe that subject develops disease of interest. II. Isolate and culture suspect agent in the laboratory. III. Find suspect agent is every case of disease of interest but not in healthy hosts. IV. Recover and isolate suspect agent from test subject.
A) III, I, IV, II
B) IV, I, III, II
C) I, II, III, IV
D) III, II, I, IV
E) IV, I, II, III
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