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StraighterLine BIO250 - Microbiology
Final Exam Study Guide Questions With
Correct Answers
What |is |a |Transforming |Infection? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Virus |that |alters |cell |DNA, |leading |
to |cancer



What |is |a |lysogenic |infection? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Phage |DNA |is |incorporated |into |host |
genome |and |is |passed |on |to |subsequent |generations



What |is |a |Lytic |Bacteriophage |Infection? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Host |cell |gets |so |packed |with
|viruses |that |is |lyses |(splits) |open |and |releases |mature |virions




What |are |the |three |principle |purposes |of |cultivating |viruses? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1.) |
Isolate |and |ID |viruses |in |clinical |specimens

2.) |Prepare |viruses |for |vaccines

3.) |Research |viral |strucutre, |multiplication |cycles, |genetics, |and |effects |on |hosts



What |are |three |ways |in |which |viruses |are |cultivated? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1.) |Using |live |
animal |inoculation

2.) |Using |bird |embryos

3.) |Using |cell |(tissue) |culture |techniques



What |are |three |noncellular |infections |agents |besides |viruses? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Prions, |
viroids, |and |satellite |viruses.



List |the |essential |nutrients |of |a |bacterial |cell: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-CHONPS

C |- |arbon

,H |- |ydrogen

N |- |itrogen

P |- |hosphate

S |- |ulphur



What |are |four |terms |that |describe |an |organisms |source |of |Carbon |and |Energy? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-Photoautotrophos, |chemoautotrophs, |chemoheterotrophs, |lithoautotrophs



Define |Saprobe: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A |microbe |that |decomposes |organic |remains |from |
dead |organisms



Define |Parasite |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-An |organism |that |lives |in |or |within |a |host |from |which |
it |obtains |nutrients |and |enjoys |protection. |Produces |some |degree |of |harm |to |host



Define |Diffusion: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-movement |from |high |to |low



Define |Osmosis: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Diffusion |of |water |through |a |selectively |permeable |
membrane



hypotonic |cell: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-cells |that |are |less |concentrated |than |their |
environment; |water |rushes |in, |may |burst |cell



hypertonic |cell: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-cells |that |are |more |concentrated |than |their |
environment; |water |rushes |out |of |the |cell |causing |it |to |shrivel



isotonic |cell: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-extracellular |environment |has |the |same |concentration |
of |solutes |as |the |cell |cytoplasm

, types |of |passive |transport |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Facilitated |diffusion, |molecule-specific, |
simple |diffusion



facilitated |diffusion |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-passive |transport: |Movement |of |specific |
molecules |across |cell |membranes |through |protein |channels |by |binding |to |receptors



molecule |specific

transport |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Passive |transport |goes |both |directions. |Rate |is |limited |by |
number |of |binding |sites |on |transport |proteins



simple |diffusion |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Fundamental |property |of |atoms |and |molecults |that |
exist |in |a |state |of |random |motion



Name |three |types |of |active |transport: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Carrier |mediated, |group |
translocation, |bulk |transport



Carrier-mediated |Transport |is... |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Active |transport |where |atoms |or |
molecules |are |pumped |into |or |out |of |the |cell |by |specialized |receptors



Group |translocation |transport |is.... |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Active |transport |where |molecule |
is |moved |across |membrane |and |converted |to |a |metabolically |useful |substance



Bulk |transport |is.... |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-active |transport |of |large |particles/cells/liquids |by |
enfulcing |in |a |vesicle |(e.g. |endocytosis, |phagocytosis, |etc.)



Ways |in |which |different |organisms |dead |with |oxygen... |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Can |use |
oxygen |and |detoxify |is, |can |neither |use |nor |detoxify |is, |cannot |use |but |can |detoxify |it.

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