Microbiology UTA 2460 - Exam 3 Questions With Complete
Solutions
A chemical that inhibits beta-lactamase enzymes is... Correct
Answers clavulanic acid
A clinical microbiologist makes serial dilutions of several
antimicrobials in broth, and then incubates each drug dilution
series with a standard amount of a patient's isolated pathogen.
What is that microbiologist setting up... Correct Answers
minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) test
A drug exhibiting which therapeutic index value would be the
safest, most effective to use on a patient... Correct Answers 20
A microorganism that does not have catalase or superoxide
dismutase would find it difficult to live in an environment with...
Correct Answers oxygen
A superinfection results from... Correct Answers a decrease in
most normal biota resulting in the overgrowth of an unaffected
species.
Aerobic respiration is an example of... Correct Answers
chemoheterotrophy
All __ consist of a thiazolidine ring, a beta-lactam ring, and an R
group... Correct Answers penicillins
All of the following could find a location in or on body tissues
suitable for growth except... Correct Answers psychrophiles
, All of the following pertain to transcription except... Correct
Answers occurs on a ribosome in the cytoplasm
An ideal antimicrobial therapeutic drug exhibits all of the
following characteristics except... Correct Answers immediately
broken down by host
An organism that uses CO2 for its carbon needs and sunlight for
its energy needs would be called a... Correct Answers
photoautotroph
Bacteria living in a freshwater stream that are moved to salty
seawater would... Correct Answers become dehydrated due to
the loss of water
Base pairs in DNA are held together by __ bonds... Correct
Answers hydrogen
Cultures of a bacterial species were incubated in a refrigerator
(5C), on a lab bench top (22C), in a 37C incubator and in a 50C
incubator. After incubation, there was no growth at 37C and
50C, slight growth in the refrigerator and abundant growth on
the lab bench top. What term could be used for this species...
Correct Answers psychotroph
Cultures of a bacterial species were incubated in a standard
incubator, in an anaerobic jar, and in a candle jar. After
incubation, there was moderate growth of cultures in the candle
and anaerobic jars, but heavy growth of the culture in the
Solutions
A chemical that inhibits beta-lactamase enzymes is... Correct
Answers clavulanic acid
A clinical microbiologist makes serial dilutions of several
antimicrobials in broth, and then incubates each drug dilution
series with a standard amount of a patient's isolated pathogen.
What is that microbiologist setting up... Correct Answers
minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) test
A drug exhibiting which therapeutic index value would be the
safest, most effective to use on a patient... Correct Answers 20
A microorganism that does not have catalase or superoxide
dismutase would find it difficult to live in an environment with...
Correct Answers oxygen
A superinfection results from... Correct Answers a decrease in
most normal biota resulting in the overgrowth of an unaffected
species.
Aerobic respiration is an example of... Correct Answers
chemoheterotrophy
All __ consist of a thiazolidine ring, a beta-lactam ring, and an R
group... Correct Answers penicillins
All of the following could find a location in or on body tissues
suitable for growth except... Correct Answers psychrophiles
, All of the following pertain to transcription except... Correct
Answers occurs on a ribosome in the cytoplasm
An ideal antimicrobial therapeutic drug exhibits all of the
following characteristics except... Correct Answers immediately
broken down by host
An organism that uses CO2 for its carbon needs and sunlight for
its energy needs would be called a... Correct Answers
photoautotroph
Bacteria living in a freshwater stream that are moved to salty
seawater would... Correct Answers become dehydrated due to
the loss of water
Base pairs in DNA are held together by __ bonds... Correct
Answers hydrogen
Cultures of a bacterial species were incubated in a refrigerator
(5C), on a lab bench top (22C), in a 37C incubator and in a 50C
incubator. After incubation, there was no growth at 37C and
50C, slight growth in the refrigerator and abundant growth on
the lab bench top. What term could be used for this species...
Correct Answers psychotroph
Cultures of a bacterial species were incubated in a standard
incubator, in an anaerobic jar, and in a candle jar. After
incubation, there was moderate growth of cultures in the candle
and anaerobic jars, but heavy growth of the culture in the
