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Microbiology Questions


What is the Cell envelope made up of?

cell wall
cytoplasmic membrane
outer membrane


what are the three parts of flagella?
basal body, hook, filament


What is it called when the bacterial arrangement of Bacilli forms a snapping fission that
forms a V?
palisades


What is a bacterium called that has a slightly curled or spiral-shaped body?
spirillum


What flagella is dispersed randomly all over the surface of the cell?
peritrichous


What is the general movement of bacteria in response to chemical signals
chemotaxis


Most bacterial cells possess include
cytoskeleton, ribosomes, cytoplasm


What is the name of the assignment of scientific names to the various taxonomic
categories and to individual organisms?




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nomenclature


The Woese-Fox System of Taxonomy includes all except
protista


What type of special stain is used to reveal tiny, slender filaments used by bacteria for
locomotion (this method is easy to do but hard to get to work properly)?
flagellar staining


What type(s) of media is classified as selective
chocolate agar and manatol salt agar


All viruses are cells

false


Where do DNA viruses usually replicate?

nucleus


When doing a gram stain, if the stain retains the crystal violet and leaves the cells
purple it is considered?

gram stain positive


What is a fully formed virus called that is able to establish an infection in a host cell?

virion


What term is used for the identical protein subunits that self assemble into the finished
capsid?




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capsomeres


Where do enveloped viruses bud from? (select all that apply)

Cell Membrane

Nuclear envelope

Endoplasmic reticulum




DNA virus is to (fill in the blank) as RNA virus is to (fill in the blank)

Nucleus, Cytoplasm




What is the host range of Hepatitis B?
liver cells of humans


what virus turns it RNA genomes into DNA
Retrovirus


Which of the following involves expending energy, driven by ATP or the proton motive
force in order for molecules to get through the cell membrane?

Carrier-mediated active transport




What is the process by which whole cells or solid matter are engulfed by amoebas or
white blood cells?

phagocytosis




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What is an example of secondary active transport?

lactose permease


What type of organism obtains its energy and carbon from organic molecules

chemoheterotroph


Bacillus, Clostridium, and Coxiella are all examples of which type of microbe based on
the temperature needed to be in to thrive?

thermoduric microbes


Which category of microbes describes microbes that use oxygen and detoxify it?

obligate aerobes


enzymes which are biological catalysts, decrease the rate of chemical reactions

false


greater the turbidity, the larger the population size of microbes
true


in stationary growth phase, cells
birth and cell death rates are equal


Which of these grows grow well in cold temperatures, optimally below 15 degrees?
psychrophiles


What best describes an interrelationship between two organisms that benefits them but
is not necessary for survival




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