Micro 290 - Midterm (1,3,4,5,6,7,8,11,12,13) Exam
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Type of operon that is not normally transcribed and
Inducible Operon
must be activated by inducers
In eukaryotic cells, a series of flattened, hollow sacs
surrounded by phospholipid bilayers and functioning
Golgi Body
to package large molecules for export in secretory
vesicles
Coenzyme organic cofactor
Change in phenotype due to insertion of a lysogenic
Lysogenic Conversion
bacteriophage into a bacterial chromosome.
Order Taxonomical grouping of similar families of organisms
Staphylococcus A cluster of cocci
Nitrogen Fixation The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen to ammonia
Active transport process, used by some eukaryotic
Endocytosis cells, in which pseudopods surround a substance and
move it into the cell
Special type of asexual reproduction in which the
Schizogony protozoan Plasmodium undergoes multiple mitoses to
form a multinucleate schizont
, Segment of DNA found in most prokaryotes,
eukaryotes, and viruses that codes for the enzyme
Transposon transposase and can move from one location in a
DNA molecule to another location in the same or a
different molecule
Folds within the inner membrane of a mitochondrion
Cristae
that increases its surface area
The diffusion of water molecules across a
Osmosis
semipermeable membrane
Type of vaccine developed using recombinant DNA
technology that exposes the recipient's immune
Subunit vaccine
system to a pathogen's antigens but not the pathogen
itself
Hyperthermophile Microorganisms requiring temperature above 80 C
The distance between two corresponding parts of a
Wavelength
wave
Negative-sense single- Viral single-stranded RNA that is not recognized by
stranded RNA (negative some ribosomes
single-stranded RNA
Phycoerythrin Red accessory pigment of photosynthesis in red algae
Biofilm A slimy community of microbes growing on a surface
Cellular structure that acts as a tiny organ to carry out
Organelle
one or more cell functions
Centrosome Region of a cell containing centrioles
Brown-pigmented division of algae having cell walls
Phaeophyta composed of cellulose and alginic acid, a thickening
agent
Diplococcus pair of cocci
Estimation of the size of a microbial population based
Viable Plate Count upon the number of colonies formed when diluted
samples are plated onto agar media
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Terms in this set (290)
Type of operon that is not normally transcribed and
Inducible Operon
must be activated by inducers
In eukaryotic cells, a series of flattened, hollow sacs
surrounded by phospholipid bilayers and functioning
Golgi Body
to package large molecules for export in secretory
vesicles
Coenzyme organic cofactor
Change in phenotype due to insertion of a lysogenic
Lysogenic Conversion
bacteriophage into a bacterial chromosome.
Order Taxonomical grouping of similar families of organisms
Staphylococcus A cluster of cocci
Nitrogen Fixation The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen to ammonia
Active transport process, used by some eukaryotic
Endocytosis cells, in which pseudopods surround a substance and
move it into the cell
Special type of asexual reproduction in which the
Schizogony protozoan Plasmodium undergoes multiple mitoses to
form a multinucleate schizont
, Segment of DNA found in most prokaryotes,
eukaryotes, and viruses that codes for the enzyme
Transposon transposase and can move from one location in a
DNA molecule to another location in the same or a
different molecule
Folds within the inner membrane of a mitochondrion
Cristae
that increases its surface area
The diffusion of water molecules across a
Osmosis
semipermeable membrane
Type of vaccine developed using recombinant DNA
technology that exposes the recipient's immune
Subunit vaccine
system to a pathogen's antigens but not the pathogen
itself
Hyperthermophile Microorganisms requiring temperature above 80 C
The distance between two corresponding parts of a
Wavelength
wave
Negative-sense single- Viral single-stranded RNA that is not recognized by
stranded RNA (negative some ribosomes
single-stranded RNA
Phycoerythrin Red accessory pigment of photosynthesis in red algae
Biofilm A slimy community of microbes growing on a surface
Cellular structure that acts as a tiny organ to carry out
Organelle
one or more cell functions
Centrosome Region of a cell containing centrioles
Brown-pigmented division of algae having cell walls
Phaeophyta composed of cellulose and alginic acid, a thickening
agent
Diplococcus pair of cocci
Estimation of the size of a microbial population based
Viable Plate Count upon the number of colonies formed when diluted
samples are plated onto agar media
