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This document covers key microbiology topics for the C453 course, including pathogens, immune responses, laboratory techniques, and disease mechanisms, presented through objective assessment-style questions and answers. It provides a structured review of likely exam content with fully solved and verified responses to support understanding and retention. The material is tailored for WGU students preparing for the objective assessment in the 2024–2025 academic period.

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WGU Microbiology C453 Objective
Assessment Study Guide
Mode of action: disrupt structure of proteins & nucleic acid. Used to

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disinfect/sterilize inanimate objects that would be harmed by high temperatures
Example: Formaldehyde - -ALkylating Agents


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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

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Examples: mushrooms, cryptococcus, toadstools, ruts, smuts -
-Basidomycota


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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

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protection while disrupting host's absorption causing weakness and disease
Examples: flukes, tapeworms, roundworms - -Hemlinths


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tiny, non-living, requires host, invades and replicates inside living cell containing
DNA or RNA - -Basic characteristics of a virus


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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

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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

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Examples: paramyxovirdae, rhabdoviridae, orthomxyoviridae, filoviridae,
buonyaviridae - -Negative sense single stranded RNA viruses

during infection dsRNA is transcribed to mRNA, produces protein necessary to

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ensure replication and encapsidation
Example: reoviridae - -Double stranded RNA viruses


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example: adenoviridae, herpesviridae, poxviridae, papoviridae, hepdaviviridae -
-Double stranded DNA viruses

example: parroviridae - ✅✅-Single stranded DNA viruses

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