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Which of the following best determines a microbe as the causative agent of a disease
based on Koch's postulates?
A. The microbe must be found in a healthy host
B. The microbe must be observed under a microscope my multiple researchers
C. The microbe use be isolated, cultured and then cause disease when reintroduced to
a healthy host
D. The microbe must be present in every geographic region affected by the disease -
Answers The microbe must be isolated, cultured, and then cause disease when
reintroduced to a healthy host
Which statement best reflects the army adoption and dissemination of small pox
inoculation technique - Answers Smallpox inoculation was first promoted in Europe
by Lady Mary Montague aster witnessing its effects in Turkey. Inoculation also has
been practiced in other African and middle eastern countries
Which disease was one of the first to be targeted by a vaccine created by Louis
Pasteur using attenuated strains - Answers Fowl cholera
What does analysis of 16S rDNA sequences show? - Answers Archaea are classified
separately from bacteria
What kind of evidence has recently made it necessary to assign the prokaryotes to
either of two different domains, rather than assigning all prokaryotes to the same
kingdom? - Answers Small subunit rRNA gene sequence
Which of the following evidences show taht mitochondria have evolved by
endosymbiosis from early bacteria engulfed by pre-eukaryotes - Answers
Mitochondria have their own DNA that resembles bacterial DNA, their own
ribosomes with same size as bacterial ribosomes, and have a double membrane which
is similar to gram negative back terminal cell membrane
Which statement about the Domain Archaea is NOT accurate? - Answers No
Archaea are adapted to water temp. Above the boiling point, no archaea can inhabit
solutions that are nearly 30% salt, the genomes of archaea are unique, contacting no
genes that originated within bacteria