Microbiology Trivia Questions
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What is the name of the single-celled protozoan derived from a Greek word meaning 'change'?
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amoeba
Which process kills Mycobacterium tuberculosis in milk?
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pasteurization
What structural unit, described and named by Robert Hooke in 1665, do bacteria have only one of?
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cell
What protozoan, which resembles the shape of a shoe's sole, swims by moving its cilia rather than walking?
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paramecium
Which German bacteriologist has a shallow dish used for cultivating microorganisms named after him?
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julius richard petri
What is the term for an infectious agent that, when mature, is called a virion?
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virus
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