1. Explain the purpose of Bergey's Manual and differentiate the types.

2. Describe how staining and biochemical tests are used to identify bacteria.

3. Differentiate between Western blotting and Southern blotting.

4. Explain how serological tests and phage typing can be used to identify an unknown organism.

5. Describe how a new bacterium can be classified by the following molecular methods: DNA base composition, rRNA sequencing, DNA fingerprinting, PCR, and nucleic acid hybridization.

6. Describe the defining characteristics of cyanobacteria, fungi, platyhelminths, cestodes, houseflies, algae, archaezoa, microspora, yeasts, helminths, protozoa

7. Differentiate between an intermediate host and a definitive host and give an example of what parasite stage is seen in humans as intermediate and definitive hosts.

8. Describe the defining characteristics of Bacteroides, Thiobacillus, Bacillales, Neisseria, Pseudomonas.

9. Differentiate between a tick and a mosquito, and name a disease transmitted by each.

10. Discuss the relationship of DNA- and RNA-containing viruses to cancer.