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TEST BANK FOR Microbiology: An Evolving Science Sixth Edition by Joan L. Slonczewski, John W. Foster, Erik R. Zinser ISBN: 978-1324033523 COMPLETE GUIDE ALL CHAPTERS COVERED 100% VERIFIED A+ GRADE ASSURED!!!!NEW LATEST UPDATE!!!!!

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,CHAPTER1: Microbial Life: Originand Discovery
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
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b. noncellular particles that take over the metabolism of acell to generate mor e vir
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d. cellular particles thatxbelongxto the archaea domain
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e. microbesxthat consistxof lipid membrane enclosed genomes zl zl zl zl zl




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MSC: Remembering
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a. the ancient convergence of two cell types, i.e., prokaryotes and euka ryo
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e. the genome of Haemophilus influenzaexhas about 2 billion base pairs
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3. Which of these groups are considered to be microbes butxNOT considered toxbe cells?
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a. viruses d. protists
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4. A microbe is commonly defined as:
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a. a virus that requires a microscope to be seen
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b. a bacterium that requires a microscope to be seen
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d. a multicellular eukaryote that requires a microscope to be se en
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e. a living organism that requires a microscope to bexseen
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5. Which one of the following statements regarding microbial cellsxisxNOT true?
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cterial cells arexlarge enough to bexseen with naked eyes.
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d. Many microbes form complex multicellular assemblages.
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6. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
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nitrogen.
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d. Fred Sanger developed the firstxapplicable DNA sequencing method.
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e. Fred Sanger completed the sequences of Haemophilus influenzae.
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MSC: Remembering
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7. The first cellular genomes to be sequenced were those of:
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a. humans d. prions
b. bacteria e. fungi
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MSC: Remembering
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8. The environment of early Earth may have contained all of the following EXCEPT:
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a. ferrous iron d. oxygen
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c. ammonia
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C: Remembering
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9. The development of the theory of the ―RNA world‖ resulted fromthe discovery of:
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a. archaea d. ribozymes
b. prions e. endosymbionts
c. bacteria
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REF: Special Topic 1.1TOP: II.D MS
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C: Remembering
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10. Which microbes may resemble those of the earliest life forms?
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a. archaea d. cyanobacteria
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c. viruses
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C: Remembering
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11. Early metabolism may have been catalyzed by:
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a. DNA d. aminoxacids

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