CHAPTER XXX 
LIST OF QUESTIONS 
1. Name the most important discoveries in bacteriol¬ 
ogy- 
2. Name five important discoveries made by Ameri¬ 
can bacteriologists. 
3. What are bacteria ? What is their structure ? Their 
shape ? 
4. What is a flagellum? A spore? A capsule? 
5. How are bacteria reproduced? Their chemical 
composition? Their food requirements? 
6. What is a parasite ? Saprophyte ? Symbiosis ? An¬ 
tagonism? Give examples of each. 
7. How does temperature affect the bacteria? Mois¬ 
ture ? Drying ? 
8. Is capsule formation constant in the same species? 
Significance of capsule? Of spores? 
9. What do bacteria do? Discuss fully, mentioning 
their various activities. 
10. Of what use are bacteria in nature and in animal 
body. 
11. What is the effect of electricity, radium, x-rays, 
sunlight, and heat on bacteria? 
12. How should sputum, urine, and feces be disin¬ 
fected ? The room ? The patient at recovery ? The 
nurse? Apply this to a case of typhoid fever. 
13. What are the different methods of destruction of 
bacteria? Their various purposes? 
14. What is aerobe, anaerobe, either obligatory or fac¬ 
ultative ? 
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