TEST BANK For Alcamos Fundamentals of Microbiology
12th Edition by Pommerville
subgroups of a species that have special characteristics to survive in their ecological
surroundings - ANSWER:ecotypes
the part of the earth where life occurs - ANSWER:biosphere
constant internal state of an organism - ANSWER:homeostasis
stages of biofilms - ANSWER:1) Initial attachment 2) Irreversible attachment 3)
Maturation I 4) Maturation II 5) Dispersion
ability of bacteria to sense their numbers and to communicate and coordinate
behaviors - ANSWER:quorum sensing
microbes remove or clean up chemically-contaminated enviornments -
ANSWER:bioremediation
all living things are made of cells - ANSWER:cell theory
organizational pattern for the hereditary material in a cell - ANSWER:chromosome
phospholipids form an impermeable boundary to solutes while while membrane
proteins are the gates through which the exchange of solutes and wastes occurs and
across which chemical signals are communicated - ANSWER:cell membrane
internal environment in which chemical reactions occur - ANSWER:cytoplasm
water, salt, ionic, and organic mixture that makes up cytoplasm - ANSWER:cytosol
RNA-protein machine in all cells - ANSWER:ribosome
somewhat circular, membrane-enclosed sacs containing digestive enzymes that are
derived from the golgi apparatus and break down captured food materials -
ANSWER:lysosomes
part of bacterial cells... surrounded by protein shell... represent type of organelle -
ANSWER:microcompartments
all cells convert chemical energy into cellular energy for cellular work -
ANSWER:cellular respiration
12th Edition by Pommerville
subgroups of a species that have special characteristics to survive in their ecological
surroundings - ANSWER:ecotypes
the part of the earth where life occurs - ANSWER:biosphere
constant internal state of an organism - ANSWER:homeostasis
stages of biofilms - ANSWER:1) Initial attachment 2) Irreversible attachment 3)
Maturation I 4) Maturation II 5) Dispersion
ability of bacteria to sense their numbers and to communicate and coordinate
behaviors - ANSWER:quorum sensing
microbes remove or clean up chemically-contaminated enviornments -
ANSWER:bioremediation
all living things are made of cells - ANSWER:cell theory
organizational pattern for the hereditary material in a cell - ANSWER:chromosome
phospholipids form an impermeable boundary to solutes while while membrane
proteins are the gates through which the exchange of solutes and wastes occurs and
across which chemical signals are communicated - ANSWER:cell membrane
internal environment in which chemical reactions occur - ANSWER:cytoplasm
water, salt, ionic, and organic mixture that makes up cytoplasm - ANSWER:cytosol
RNA-protein machine in all cells - ANSWER:ribosome
somewhat circular, membrane-enclosed sacs containing digestive enzymes that are
derived from the golgi apparatus and break down captured food materials -
ANSWER:lysosomes
part of bacterial cells... surrounded by protein shell... represent type of organelle -
ANSWER:microcompartments
all cells convert chemical energy into cellular energy for cellular work -
ANSWER:cellular respiration
