Microbiology MCQs (Quiz 17) Posted on June 10, 2026Author agropublishers 0 1. The term “virus” was popularized by ___________ Joseph Lister Robert Koch Alexander Fleming Martinus Beijerinck 2. ___________________ act as storage vessel for reserve materials in bacterial cells Capsule Flagellum Cell wall Inclusion body 3. _____________ is a club-shaped structure that produces basidiospores Ascus Sporangium Conidiophore Basidium 4. _______________ are the horizontal hyphae connecting fungal colonies Stolons Conidiophores Basidia Sporangia 5. Bacteriophages are ___________ Bacteria that infect fungi Viruses that infect fungi Bacteria that infect viruses Viruses that infect bacteria 6. ____________ is the active, feeding, and multiplying stage of a protozoan Capsule Virion Spore Trophozoite 7. The bacterial chromosome is usually _____________ Linear and single Circular and single Linear and multiple Circular and multiple 8. Sexual spores of Ascomycota are called ______________ Ascospores Basidiospores Conidia Zygospores 9. Amoebae move using ________________ Flagella Cilia Pseudopodia Undulating membrane 10. ___________________ is the scientist credited with discovering viruses Alexander Fleming Dmitri Ivanovsky Robert Koch Louis Pasteur Loading … Question 1 of 10