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3 types of Horizontal gene Transfer - Answers transformation
transduction
conjugation
3 Types of RNA transcripts - Answers Messenger RNA
Ribosomal RNA
Transfer RNA
5 Cyclic nitrogenous Bases - Answers Adenine
Guanin
Cytosine
Thymine
Uracil
60-80% of all Bacterial infections are caused by-- - Answers bacteria in the biofilm
form
Acceptor stem - Answers portion of tRNA that is linked to an amino acid by
aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase enzyme
Acidophiles - Answers many fungi some bacteria
grow best in acidic habitats <6.5
Aerobes - Answers Need oxygen to grow
Aerobes O2 Classification - Answers utilize O2 as final electron acceptor during
aerobic respiration
can detoxify toxic forms of oxygen
Aerotolerant anaerobes - Answers Can grow with or without oxygen
Aerotolerant anaerobes O2 Classification - Answers do not use oxygen, fermentation
or anaerobic respiration
possess some enzymes capable to detoxify toxic forms of O2
Alcohols - Answers denature proteins and disrupt cell membranes by removing water
from cells; hand sanitizer
Aldehydes - Answers cross-link with amino, hydroxyl to denature proteins and
inactivate nucleic acids; embalming formaldehyde
Alkalinophiles - Answers live in basic soils and water up to pH 11.5
Anaerobes - Answers No oxygen
, Anaerobes O2 Classification - Answers fermentation or utilize final electron
acceptors during anaerobic metabolism
no ability to detoxify toxic forms of oxygen
Anticodon - Answers Nucleotide triplet complementary to the mRNA codon for a
given tRNA's amino acid
Antimicrobial agent actions - Answers damage cell walls
damage cell membrane
Autotrophs - Answers Self-feeders; CO2 via calvin Benson cycle
Bacteria use --- to relieve torsional strain on circular chromosomes. - Answers
topoisomerases
Barophiles - Answers Organisms that live under extreme pressure
Biofilms are -geneours - Answers Heterogeneous
Blood specimen collection method - Answers needle aspiration from vein;
anticoagulants included
Cells that want to stop making a protein typically shut down --- of the corresponding
gene - Answers Transcription
Cerebrospinal fluid collection method - Answers need aspiration from subarachnoid
space of spinal column
Characteristics of Biofilms - Answers Community attached to surface
Complex social structure
1000x resistant to antibiotics
Molecular filter
Low metabolism of cells within the biofilm
Chemical Mutagens - Answers nucleotide analogs
nucleotide-altering chemicals
frameshift mutagens
Chemotrophs - Answers acquires energy from organic/inorganic molecules
Chromosomes - Answers Main portion of DNA and contains house keeping genes
Chromosomes are associated with? - Answers Proteins and RNA needed for
replication and transcription
Clinical Specimens - Answers human materials examined or tested for presence of
bacteria and other microbes
Codons - Answers cluster of 3 nucleotide units in an mRNA molecule that codes for
a specific amino acid