MICROBIOLOGY UTA 2460 PACKAGED
FINAL TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
• symptoms.
Answer: things felt by the patient that cannot be clinically measured
• What viral structure protects genomic material?.
Answer: Capsid
• What does the gram negative phyla include?.
Answer: -proteobacteria -spirochete -FCB group -planctomycetes
• What has to happen to a (-)ssRNA in order to complete a viral life cycle?.
Answer: It is converted to a positive ssRNA
• Do microbes in phylum actinobacteria have a high or low G+C content?.
Answer: High
• What does the CFB group have in common with one another?.
Answer: Genetic structure
• What are the two groups within the staphylococcus genus?.
Answer: Halophilic and nonmotile
• Which class contains gram positive polyextremophiles that can live in high
heat/acidity and in a vacuum.
Answer: Deinococci
• What term refers to growth performed outside of an organism?.
Answer: in vitro
• Which microbe genus is a common UTI pathogen if it is found outside of
our guts?.
Answer: Enterococcus
• What are EIAs used for?.
, Answer: Detection of viral antibodies with the use of antigens
• What happens to a ssDNA in the eukaryotic viral life cycle?.
Answer: complementary strand is synthesized
• Which term refers to a bacterial host containing prophage?.
Answer: Lysogen
• Which class is the smallest?.
Answer: Epsilonproteobacteria
• Is the microbe class spirochaetia gram positive or gram negative?.
Answer: Gram negative
• What does the gram postivie phylum include?.
Answer: -actinobacteria -firmicutes
• How are phototrophic bacteria classified?.
Answer: their function
• protozoan membrane.
Answer: plasmalemma
• Idiopathic.
Answer: cause of disease is unknown -idiopathic juxtafoveal retinal
telangiectasia
• What term refers to the process of the phage DNA being excised from the
bacterial chromosome in order to enter the Lytic cycle?.
Answer: Induction
• A nonsegmented worm.
Answer: Nematode
• focal infection.
Answer: pathogen or toxin spreads to secondary location
• What structure allows lichens to attach to a substrate?.
Answer: Rhizines
, • Which genus produces endospores and is composed of mostly obligate
anaerobes.
Answer: Clostridium
• What type of nucleic acid biosynthesis must be brought in by a viral
pathogen?.
Answer: RdRP
• Describe the Sulfolobus genus.
Answer: Can be thermophiles or acidophilus; aerobes or anaerobes
• Which microbe genus is microaerophilic and a significant component of the
gut microbiome?.
Answer: Lactobacillus
• systemic infection.
Answer: occurs throughout body
• What type of reproduction includes budding, fission, & schizogeny?.
Answer: Asexual
• A virus obtains it's envelope during which phase?.
Answer: Release
• Which microbe class can create fruiting bodies?.
Answer: Deltaproteobacteria
• Describe the trophozoite life stage.
Answer: growth and feeding stage
• How are viruses classified?.
Answer: Genetics, chemistry, morphology, & mechanism for replication
• How do prions differ from viruses?.
Answer: prions do not include any nucleic acids
• What is the function of a cytoproct.
Answer: structure of exocytosis of waste
• Membrane-disrupting.
FINAL TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
• symptoms.
Answer: things felt by the patient that cannot be clinically measured
• What viral structure protects genomic material?.
Answer: Capsid
• What does the gram negative phyla include?.
Answer: -proteobacteria -spirochete -FCB group -planctomycetes
• What has to happen to a (-)ssRNA in order to complete a viral life cycle?.
Answer: It is converted to a positive ssRNA
• Do microbes in phylum actinobacteria have a high or low G+C content?.
Answer: High
• What does the CFB group have in common with one another?.
Answer: Genetic structure
• What are the two groups within the staphylococcus genus?.
Answer: Halophilic and nonmotile
• Which class contains gram positive polyextremophiles that can live in high
heat/acidity and in a vacuum.
Answer: Deinococci
• What term refers to growth performed outside of an organism?.
Answer: in vitro
• Which microbe genus is a common UTI pathogen if it is found outside of
our guts?.
Answer: Enterococcus
• What are EIAs used for?.
, Answer: Detection of viral antibodies with the use of antigens
• What happens to a ssDNA in the eukaryotic viral life cycle?.
Answer: complementary strand is synthesized
• Which term refers to a bacterial host containing prophage?.
Answer: Lysogen
• Which class is the smallest?.
Answer: Epsilonproteobacteria
• Is the microbe class spirochaetia gram positive or gram negative?.
Answer: Gram negative
• What does the gram postivie phylum include?.
Answer: -actinobacteria -firmicutes
• How are phototrophic bacteria classified?.
Answer: their function
• protozoan membrane.
Answer: plasmalemma
• Idiopathic.
Answer: cause of disease is unknown -idiopathic juxtafoveal retinal
telangiectasia
• What term refers to the process of the phage DNA being excised from the
bacterial chromosome in order to enter the Lytic cycle?.
Answer: Induction
• A nonsegmented worm.
Answer: Nematode
• focal infection.
Answer: pathogen or toxin spreads to secondary location
• What structure allows lichens to attach to a substrate?.
Answer: Rhizines
, • Which genus produces endospores and is composed of mostly obligate
anaerobes.
Answer: Clostridium
• What type of nucleic acid biosynthesis must be brought in by a viral
pathogen?.
Answer: RdRP
• Describe the Sulfolobus genus.
Answer: Can be thermophiles or acidophilus; aerobes or anaerobes
• Which microbe genus is microaerophilic and a significant component of the
gut microbiome?.
Answer: Lactobacillus
• systemic infection.
Answer: occurs throughout body
• What type of reproduction includes budding, fission, & schizogeny?.
Answer: Asexual
• A virus obtains it's envelope during which phase?.
Answer: Release
• Which microbe class can create fruiting bodies?.
Answer: Deltaproteobacteria
• Describe the trophozoite life stage.
Answer: growth and feeding stage
• How are viruses classified?.
Answer: Genetics, chemistry, morphology, & mechanism for replication
• How do prions differ from viruses?.
Answer: prions do not include any nucleic acids
• What is the function of a cytoproct.
Answer: structure of exocytosis of waste
• Membrane-disrupting.
