BMS2052 EXAM PREP UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Psycrophiles
Answer:
bacteria that grow within 0-20C
Question:
2. Mesophiles
Answer:
bacteria that grow within 20-45C
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3. Thermophiles
Answer:
bacteria that grow within 55-80C
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4. Facultative Anaerobe
Answer:
An organism that makes ATP via aerobic respiration if oxygen is present but can
switch to fermentation in the absence of oxygen
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5. Obligate aerobe
Answer:
organism that requires a constant supply of oxygen in order to live
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6. obligate anaerobe
Answer:
organism that cannot live in the presence of oxygen
Question:
7. similarities between archaea and bacteria
Answer:
- anucleate cells
- can envelope
- generally possess single circular chromosome
, Question:
8. similarities between archaea and eukarya
Answer:
- DNA replication, transcription and translation
- DNA has histones
- Enzymes involved in DNA replication
Question:
9. what phylum of archaea is found in humans
Answer:
euryarchaeota
Question:
10. what archaea are found in the gut and vagina
Answer:
methanobrevibacter smithii
Question:
11. what archaea are found in the gut
Answer:
methanobrevibacter smithii, methanosphaera stadtmanae
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12. what archaea are found in the mouth
Answer:
methanosphaera oralis
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13. cocci
Answer:
spherical bacteria
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14. bacilli
Answer:
Rod shaped bacteria
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15. spirochaete
Answer:
spiral-shaped bacterium.
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Psycrophiles
Answer:
bacteria that grow within 0-20C
Question:
2. Mesophiles
Answer:
bacteria that grow within 20-45C
Question:
3. Thermophiles
Answer:
bacteria that grow within 55-80C
Question:
4. Facultative Anaerobe
Answer:
An organism that makes ATP via aerobic respiration if oxygen is present but can
switch to fermentation in the absence of oxygen
Question:
5. Obligate aerobe
Answer:
organism that requires a constant supply of oxygen in order to live
Question:
6. obligate anaerobe
Answer:
organism that cannot live in the presence of oxygen
Question:
7. similarities between archaea and bacteria
Answer:
- anucleate cells
- can envelope
- generally possess single circular chromosome
, Question:
8. similarities between archaea and eukarya
Answer:
- DNA replication, transcription and translation
- DNA has histones
- Enzymes involved in DNA replication
Question:
9. what phylum of archaea is found in humans
Answer:
euryarchaeota
Question:
10. what archaea are found in the gut and vagina
Answer:
methanobrevibacter smithii
Question:
11. what archaea are found in the gut
Answer:
methanobrevibacter smithii, methanosphaera stadtmanae
Question:
12. what archaea are found in the mouth
Answer:
methanosphaera oralis
Question:
13. cocci
Answer:
spherical bacteria
Question:
14. bacilli
Answer:
Rod shaped bacteria
Question:
15. spirochaete
Answer:
spiral-shaped bacterium.