WGU Microbiology C453 Objective
Assessment Study Guide
Mode o𝑓 action: disrupt structure o𝑓 proteins & nucleic acid. Used to
disin𝑓ect/sterilize inanimate objects that would be harmed by high temperatures
Example: Formaldehyde - ✅✅-ALkylating Agents
Mode o𝑓 action: denature proteins when mixed with water, dissolves membranes
Uses: disin𝑓ects skin and aerosols - ✅✅-Alcohols
Have hyphae aggregated to 𝑓orm mycelia & have club shaped sexual structures
called basida
Reproduce sexually
Examples: mushrooms, cryptococcus, toadstools, ruts, smuts -
✅✅-Basidomycota
Produces sac-like structure that releases spores during sexual reproduction.
Have a central pore. Examples: sac-𝑓ungi, yeast - ✅✅-Ascomycota
worm-like organisms, living in/𝑓eeding on hosts, receiving nourishment and
protection while disrupting host's absorption causing weakness and disease
Examples: 𝑓lukes, tapeworms, roundworms - ✅✅-Hemlinths
tiny, non-living, requires host, invades and replicates inside living cell containing
DNA or RNA - ✅✅-Basic characteristics o𝑓 a virus
acquired a𝑓ter they are assembled in a host cell as they bud, or move through,
one o𝑓 several membranes - ✅✅-How do enveloped viruses gain their
envelope?
RNA genomes ready 𝑓or immediate translation during in𝑓ections by host's
ribosomes
examples: piconavindae, togaviridae, 𝑓lavivirdae, retroviridae - ✅✅-Positive
sense single-stranded RNA viruses
other RNA genomes that have to be converted into proper 𝑓orm to be made into
proteins
Examples: paramyxovirdae, rhabdoviridae, orthomxyoviridae, 𝑓iloviridae,
buonyaviridae - ✅✅-Negative sense single stranded RNA viruses
during in𝑓ection dsRNA is transcribed to mRNA, produces protein necessary
to ensure replication and encapsidation
Example: reoviridae - ✅✅-Double stranded RNA viruses
example: adenoviridae, herpesviridae, poxviridae, papoviridae, hepdaviviridae -
✅✅-Double stranded DNA viruses
example: parroviridae - ✅✅-Single stranded DNA viruses
Assessment Study Guide
Mode o𝑓 action: disrupt structure o𝑓 proteins & nucleic acid. Used to
disin𝑓ect/sterilize inanimate objects that would be harmed by high temperatures
Example: Formaldehyde - ✅✅-ALkylating Agents
Mode o𝑓 action: denature proteins when mixed with water, dissolves membranes
Uses: disin𝑓ects skin and aerosols - ✅✅-Alcohols
Have hyphae aggregated to 𝑓orm mycelia & have club shaped sexual structures
called basida
Reproduce sexually
Examples: mushrooms, cryptococcus, toadstools, ruts, smuts -
✅✅-Basidomycota
Produces sac-like structure that releases spores during sexual reproduction.
Have a central pore. Examples: sac-𝑓ungi, yeast - ✅✅-Ascomycota
worm-like organisms, living in/𝑓eeding on hosts, receiving nourishment and
protection while disrupting host's absorption causing weakness and disease
Examples: 𝑓lukes, tapeworms, roundworms - ✅✅-Hemlinths
tiny, non-living, requires host, invades and replicates inside living cell containing
DNA or RNA - ✅✅-Basic characteristics o𝑓 a virus
acquired a𝑓ter they are assembled in a host cell as they bud, or move through,
one o𝑓 several membranes - ✅✅-How do enveloped viruses gain their
envelope?
RNA genomes ready 𝑓or immediate translation during in𝑓ections by host's
ribosomes
examples: piconavindae, togaviridae, 𝑓lavivirdae, retroviridae - ✅✅-Positive
sense single-stranded RNA viruses
other RNA genomes that have to be converted into proper 𝑓orm to be made into
proteins
Examples: paramyxovirdae, rhabdoviridae, orthomxyoviridae, 𝑓iloviridae,
buonyaviridae - ✅✅-Negative sense single stranded RNA viruses
during in𝑓ection dsRNA is transcribed to mRNA, produces protein necessary
to ensure replication and encapsidation
Example: reoviridae - ✅✅-Double stranded RNA viruses
example: adenoviridae, herpesviridae, poxviridae, papoviridae, hepdaviviridae -
✅✅-Double stranded DNA viruses
example: parroviridae - ✅✅-Single stranded DNA viruses
