Microbiology 1

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For €100: Which of the following do you

associate antibiotics with?

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Protista Fungi

Algae Lichens

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For €200: Infections are generally eliminated

during surgical operations by using …

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Pickling Aseptic techniques

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B: Aseptic techniques

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For €200: Infections are generally eliminated

during surgical operations by using …

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Aseptic techniques

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For €300: Rod shaped bacteria are called …

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Streptococci Spirillum

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D: Bacilli

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For €300: Rod shaped bacteria are called …

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For €500: An organism that enters the body and causes disease is called a …

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Pathogen

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A: Pathogen

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For €500: An organism that enters the body and causes disease is called a …

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For €1,000: What is the collective term for all the filaments that make up the

vegetative part of a fungus?

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Mycorrhiza Pathogen

Hypha Mycelium

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For €1,000: What is the collective term for all the filaments that make up the

vegetative part of a fungus?

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For €2,000: Bacteria can survive adverse

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B: Endospores

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For €4,000: All bacteria are killed by …

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Canning Drying

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For €8,000: What term refers to fungal hypha

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Septate Aseptate

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B: Aseptate

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For €8,000: What term refers to fungal hypha

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Aseptate

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For €16,000: What name is given to a substance which is naturally produced by living micro-organisms and destroys or inhibits the growth of other

micro-organisms, especially bacteria or fungi?

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Antiseptic Antibody

Antibiotic Antigen

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C: Antibiotic

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For €16,000: What name is given to a substance which is naturally produced by living micro-organisms and destroys or inhibits the growth of other

micro-organisms, especially bacteria or fungi?

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Antibody

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For €32,000: Select from the following a disease

caused by bacteria.

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Polio Smallpox

Tetanus Influenza

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C: Tetanus

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For €64,000: Bacteria are not used in the manufacture

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Vinegar Ice cream

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B: Ice cream

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For €125,000: What term is given to poisons

produced by bacteria?

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Antibodies Toxins

Antiserums Phagocytes

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B: Toxins

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Antibodies Toxins

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For €250,000: Select from the following a disease

caused by a virus passed on through the bite of a wild animal.

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Malaria Typhoid

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For €250,000: Select from the following a disease

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Malaria

Rabies

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For €500,000: An agent that inhibits growth of micro-

organisms but does not kill those already growing may be referred to as …

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A steriliser A bleach

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D: An antiseptic

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For €1,000,000: Put the following stages of the bacterial

growth curve in the correct order. 1- Log; 2- Lag; 3- Stationary; 4- Survival; 5- Decline

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For €1,000,000: Put the following stages of the bacterial

growth curve in the correct order. 1- Log; 2- Lag; 3- Stationary; 4- Survival; 5- Decline

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