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TEST BANK for Microbiology: An Evolving
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gf Science 6th Edition by Slonczewski & Foster;
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All Chapters 1-28
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Chapter 01. Microbial Life-Origin
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gf Microbial Cell Chapter 03. Cell Structure
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Chapter 04. Bacterial Culture, Growth, and Development
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Chapter 05. Environmental Influences and Control of Microbial Growth
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Chapter 07. Genomes and Chromosomes
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Chapter 08. Transcription, Translation, and Protein
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gf Processing g f Chapter 09. Genetic Change and Genome
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gf Evolution

Chapter 10. Molecular Regulation
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Chapter 12. Molecular Complexity and Synthetic Biology
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g f Chapter 13. Energetics and Catabolism
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Chapter 14. Electron flow in Organotrophy, Lithotrophy, and Phototrophy
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g f Chapter 15. Biosynthesis
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Chapter 16. Food and Industrial Microbiology
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g f Chapter 17. Origins and Evolution
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Chapter 18. Bacterial Diversity
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g f Chapter 19. Archaeal Diversity
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g f Chapter 20. Eukaryotic Diversity
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g f Chapter 21. Microbial Ecology
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Chapter 22. Element Cycles and Environmental Microbiology
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g f Chapter 23. The Human Microbiome and Innate Immunity
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g f Chapter 24. The Adaptive Immune Response
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Chapter 25. Pathogenesis
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g f Chapter 26. Microbial
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, Chapter 27. Antimicrobial Therapy and Discovery
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g f Chapter 28. Clinical Microbiology and Epidemiology
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, CHAPTER 1: Microbial Life: Origin and Discovery
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b. noncellular particles that take over the metabolism of a cell to generate more gf gf gf gf gf gf gf gf gf gf gf gf



virus particles
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c. pathogens that replicate in complex growth media gf gf gf gf gf gf



d. cellular particles that belong to the archaea domain gf gf gf gf gf gf gf



e. microbes that consist of lipid membrane enclosed genomes gf gf gf gf gf gf gf




ANS: B DIF:
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MSC: Remembering g f




2. Analysis of DNA sequences reveals: gf gf gf gf



a. the ancient convergence of two cell types, i.e., prokaryotes and
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eukaryotes
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b. prokaryotes and eukaryotes evolved from a common ancestral cell gf gf gf gf gf gf gf gf



c. that bacteria share common ancestor with archaea, but not with
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eukarya
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d. prokaryotes are cells with a nucleus gf gf gf gf gf



e. the genome of Haemophilus influenzae has about 2 billion base pairs
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ANS: B DIF:
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MSC: Remembering g f




3. Which of these groups are considered to be microbes but NOT considered to be cells?
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a. viruses d. protists
b. bacteria e. filamentous
fungi
c. archaea
ANS: A DIF:
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MSC: Remembering g f




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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c. a single-cellular prokaryote that requires a microscope to be
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seen
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d. a multicellular eukaryote that requires a microscope to be
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seen
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e. a living organism that requires a microscope to be seen
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ANS: E DIF:
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MSC: Remembering g f




5. Which one of the following statements regarding microbial cells is NOT true?
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a. Microbial cells acquire food, gain energy to build themselves, and gf gf gf gf gf gf gf gf gf



respond to
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environmental change. gf



b. Most single-celled organisms require a microscope to render them visible, but
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some
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