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Microorganisms and Microbiology
Critical Thinking

Instructions: The following questions were designed to test your ability to answer complex questions using all of the information available. Answer each question by using the resources of your textbook, this Website, and/or the diagrams that might be provided. Each question should take about 15 minutes.

1 . What essential properties must be met to determine that something is a living organism? Is a cellular structure essential to this definition? [Hint]

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.

2 . What was the theory of spontaneous generation? What were Pasteur's experiments with regard to spontaneous generation, and how did his experiments address the question of spontaneous generation? [Hint]

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.

3 . What is a pure culture, and how can the development of a bacterial colony contribute to establishment of a pure culture? [Hint]

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.

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