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,CHAPTER 1: Microbial Life: Origin and Discovery
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d. cellular particles thatxbelongxto the archaea domain
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e. the genome of Haemophilus influenzaexhas about 2 billion base pairs
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3. Which of these groups are considered to be microbes butxNOT considered toxbe cells?
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a. viruses d. protists
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4. A microbe is commonly defined as:
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a. a virus that requires a microscope to be seen
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b. a bacterium that requires a microscope to be seen
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5. Which one of the following statements regarding microbial cellsxisxNOT true?
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a. Microbial cells acquire food, gain energy toxbuild themselves, and respo n
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acterial cells arexlarge enough to bexseen with naked eyes.
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d. Many microbes form complex multicellular assemblages.
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6. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
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a. Axgenome is the total genetic information contained in an organism’s chromosomal DN
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lated they are. dt dt



d. Fred Sanger developed the firstxapplicable DNA sequencing method.
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e. Fred Sanger completed the sequences of Haemophilus influenzae.
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MSC: Remembering
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7. The first cellular genomes to be sequenced were those of:
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a. humans d. prions
b. bacteria e. fungi
c. viruses
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8. The environment of early Earth may have contained all of the following EXCEPT:
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c. ammonia
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C: Remembering
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9. The development of the theory of the ―RNA world‖ resulted from the discovery of:
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a. archaea d. ribozymes
b. prions e. endosymbionts
c. bacteria
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REF: Special Topic 1.1TOP: II.D MS
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C: Remembering
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10. Which microbes may resemble those of the earliest life forms?
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a. archaea d. cyanobacteria
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c. viruses
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C: Remembering
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11. Early metabolism may have been catalyzed by:
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a. DNA d. aminoxacids
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