MICROBIOLOGY CH. 1-9
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, Certainly! Here are the questions numbered along with their answers:
1. Taxonomy can be described as a system that:
- **a. classifies, names, and identifies microorganisms in a consistent manner.**
2. The most basic taxonomic group that can be defined as a collection of bacterial strains
that share many common physiologic and genetic features is:
- **b. species**
3. Colonial and microscopic morphologic properties, along with the pigmentation of
colonies, would belong to a microorganism group of ________ characteristics.
- **c. phenotypic**
4. A bacterium that has been moved from one genus (Pseudomonas) to another genus
(Burkholderia) would be correctly noted as which one of the following?
- **b. Burkholderia (Pseudomonas)**
5. The taxon that is composed of similar species that have several important features in
common but differ sufficiently to still maintain their status as individual species is which one
of the following?
- **d. Genus**
6. An example of an organism's genotypic characteristic is its:
- **c. nucleic acid composition.**
7. An organism is serologically identified in the clinical laboratory. This is an example of
which phenotypic property?
- **b. Antigenic properties**
8. Species identification is based on all of the following except:
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[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[Company address]
, Certainly! Here are the questions numbered along with their answers:
1. Taxonomy can be described as a system that:
- **a. classifies, names, and identifies microorganisms in a consistent manner.**
2. The most basic taxonomic group that can be defined as a collection of bacterial strains
that share many common physiologic and genetic features is:
- **b. species**
3. Colonial and microscopic morphologic properties, along with the pigmentation of
colonies, would belong to a microorganism group of ________ characteristics.
- **c. phenotypic**
4. A bacterium that has been moved from one genus (Pseudomonas) to another genus
(Burkholderia) would be correctly noted as which one of the following?
- **b. Burkholderia (Pseudomonas)**
5. The taxon that is composed of similar species that have several important features in
common but differ sufficiently to still maintain their status as individual species is which one
of the following?
- **d. Genus**
6. An example of an organism's genotypic characteristic is its:
- **c. nucleic acid composition.**
7. An organism is serologically identified in the clinical laboratory. This is an example of
which phenotypic property?
- **b. Antigenic properties**
8. Species identification is based on all of the following except:
