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Test Bank - Microbiology-An Evolving Science, 6th Edition (Slonczewski, 2024)
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Chapter 1. Microbial Life Origin & Discovery
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1. Viruses are cm




a. infectious agents that infect exclusively multicellular organisms.
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b. noncellular particles that take over the metabolism of a cell to generate
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more virus particles.
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c. pathogens that replicate in complex growth media. cm cm cm cm cm cm




d. cellular particles that belong to the archaea domain.
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e. microbes that consist of lipid membrane–enclosed genomes. cm c m c m c m c m cm




2. What is the MOST recent evidence suggesting that all life on Earth shares a
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common ancestry?
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3. A is the total genetic information contained in an organism’s
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chromosomal DNA.
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a. nucleotide
b. genome
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e. base pair cm




4. How are prokaryotes and eukaryotes different?
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5. How do microbes help in the extraction of minerals?
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6. Which of these groups are considered to be microbes, but NOT considered to be
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cells?
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a. viruses




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d. filamentous fungi
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e. archaea
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7. All of the following are eukaryotic microbes EXCEPT
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a. fungi.
b. algae.
c. protozoa.
d. Stentor.
e. viruses.



8. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek worked as a cloth draper, inspecting the quality of
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cloth. How did this lead to his interest in microscopy?
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9. What was the major complaint about Lazzaro Spallanzani’s experiment to
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disprove spontaneous generation, and how did Louis Pasteur’s swan-neck
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flasks overcome this?
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10. Which one of the following statements regarding microbial cells is FALSE?
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a. Microbial cells acquire food, gain energy to build themselves, and respond
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to environmental change.
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b. Most single-celled organisms require a microscope to render them visible,
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but some bacterial cells are large enough to be seen with the naked eye.
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c. Microbes evolve at slow rates. cm cm cm cm




d. Many microbes form complex multicellular assemblages.
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e. Viruses are not considered microbial cells. cm cm cm cm cm




11. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
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a. A genome is the total genetic information contained in an organism’s
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chromosomal DNA.
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b. If a microbe’s genome includes genes for nitrogenase, that microbe
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probably can fix nitrogen.
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c. By comparing DNA sequences of different organisms, we can figure out
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how closely related they are.
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d. Fred Sanger developed the first applicable DNA sequencing method.
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e. Fred Sanger completed the sequences of Haemophilus influenzae.
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12. Describe the discoveries of Louis Pasteur while working with the French beer and
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wine manufacturers in assessing alcohol versus vinegar production during
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fermentation.
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13. Describe the effects of three microbial diseases that have significantly affected
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human populations throughout history.
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14. The first cellular genomes to be sequenced were those of
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a. humans.
b. prions.
c. bacteria.
d. fungi.
e. viruses.



15. Which organism requires a BSL-4 lab?
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a. E. coli cm




b. Stentor sp. c m




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d. halophiles
e. ebolavirus



16. Why did it take so long for humans to determine that microbes cause
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infectious diseases?
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17. The development of the theory of the “RNA world” resulted from the discovery of
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a. archaea.
b. ribozymes.


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