SLCC Microbiology Final Review UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Scientific Name formate - CORRECT ANSWER - Genus Capitalized and species not
capitalized all italicized or underlined
Smallpox - CORRECT ANSWER - was only passed from human to human with no animal
reservoir; eliminated through vaccine
hydrogen bond - CORRECT ANSWER - The type of weak bond between the hydrogen of
one molecule and the nitrogen of another molecule where the two don't activity share an electron
Gram stain - CORRECT ANSWER - Primary stain-crystal violet
mordant-Iodine
decolorization-acetone
counterstain-safranin
Capsule - CORRECT ANSWER - Structure acts like an "invisibility cloak" and protects
bacteria from being phagocytized
Active transport - CORRECT ANSWER - Mechanisms that a cell uses to transport a
substances from lower concentration to higher concentration.
Plasmolyze - CORRECT ANSWER - A bacterial cell will typically do this in hypertonic
enviroment
cytoskeleton - CORRECT ANSWER - The structural framework in a cell
,Golgi apparatus - CORRECT ANSWER - Part of the endomembrame system
Algae - CORRECT ANSWER - A single-celled eukaryote that is photosynthetic
Archaea - CORRECT ANSWER - Probable category of an organism with a small cell with
no nucleus and no peptidoglycan. A member of this domain occupies the rumen of cattle and
may contribute to global warming
Isotonic - CORRECT ANSWER - Environmental condition used to maintain intact
protoplasts
Bioremediation - CORRECT ANSWER - The use of microorganisms to restore damaged
environment (oil spill)
Gram - CORRECT ANSWER - devised a staining technique that divides all bacteria into
two groups
Pasteur - CORRECT ANSWER - Used flasks with bent necks to trap dust and disprove
spontaneous generation of microorganisms
Mutualism - CORRECT ANSWER - Type of symbiotic association in which E. coli living
in our intestine produce human blood-clotting factor
Biofilm - CORRECT ANSWER - Community of microbes growing on surfaces
legume - CORRECT ANSWER - type of plant that hosts symbiotic nitrogen-fixing
bacteria
8 electrons - CORRECT ANSWER - the need of most atoms to have __________ in their
valence [outer] shell drives chemical bonding
, hydrolytic - CORRECT ANSWER - The reverse of dehydration synthesis reaction
Metabolic - CORRECT ANSWER - Bacteria are noted for their ______ diversity; there
aren't very many shapes they can take
5' end - CORRECT ANSWER - In a nucleotide, a phosphate group is bonded to the _____
group of the sugar
Peptide - CORRECT ANSWER - A ______interbridge is found in Gram positive, but not
Gram negative cell walls
L form - CORRECT ANSWER - We use this form of amino acids in our proteins
Amino - CORRECT ANSWER - The first amino acid put into a polypeptide has an
exposed ____ group
Quaternary - CORRECT ANSWER - Level of protein structure that could involve
disulfide bonds holding together 2 or more polypeptides
Nucleotide - CORRECT ANSWER - ATP is this
Capsule - CORRECT ANSWER - virulence factor possessed by Klebsiella pneumoniae
Positive Taxis - CORRECT ANSWER - Bacterial cell moving toward nutrient
Amphitrichous - CORRECT ANSWER - Having a flagellum on either end
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Scientific Name formate - CORRECT ANSWER - Genus Capitalized and species not
capitalized all italicized or underlined
Smallpox - CORRECT ANSWER - was only passed from human to human with no animal
reservoir; eliminated through vaccine
hydrogen bond - CORRECT ANSWER - The type of weak bond between the hydrogen of
one molecule and the nitrogen of another molecule where the two don't activity share an electron
Gram stain - CORRECT ANSWER - Primary stain-crystal violet
mordant-Iodine
decolorization-acetone
counterstain-safranin
Capsule - CORRECT ANSWER - Structure acts like an "invisibility cloak" and protects
bacteria from being phagocytized
Active transport - CORRECT ANSWER - Mechanisms that a cell uses to transport a
substances from lower concentration to higher concentration.
Plasmolyze - CORRECT ANSWER - A bacterial cell will typically do this in hypertonic
enviroment
cytoskeleton - CORRECT ANSWER - The structural framework in a cell
,Golgi apparatus - CORRECT ANSWER - Part of the endomembrame system
Algae - CORRECT ANSWER - A single-celled eukaryote that is photosynthetic
Archaea - CORRECT ANSWER - Probable category of an organism with a small cell with
no nucleus and no peptidoglycan. A member of this domain occupies the rumen of cattle and
may contribute to global warming
Isotonic - CORRECT ANSWER - Environmental condition used to maintain intact
protoplasts
Bioremediation - CORRECT ANSWER - The use of microorganisms to restore damaged
environment (oil spill)
Gram - CORRECT ANSWER - devised a staining technique that divides all bacteria into
two groups
Pasteur - CORRECT ANSWER - Used flasks with bent necks to trap dust and disprove
spontaneous generation of microorganisms
Mutualism - CORRECT ANSWER - Type of symbiotic association in which E. coli living
in our intestine produce human blood-clotting factor
Biofilm - CORRECT ANSWER - Community of microbes growing on surfaces
legume - CORRECT ANSWER - type of plant that hosts symbiotic nitrogen-fixing
bacteria
8 electrons - CORRECT ANSWER - the need of most atoms to have __________ in their
valence [outer] shell drives chemical bonding
, hydrolytic - CORRECT ANSWER - The reverse of dehydration synthesis reaction
Metabolic - CORRECT ANSWER - Bacteria are noted for their ______ diversity; there
aren't very many shapes they can take
5' end - CORRECT ANSWER - In a nucleotide, a phosphate group is bonded to the _____
group of the sugar
Peptide - CORRECT ANSWER - A ______interbridge is found in Gram positive, but not
Gram negative cell walls
L form - CORRECT ANSWER - We use this form of amino acids in our proteins
Amino - CORRECT ANSWER - The first amino acid put into a polypeptide has an
exposed ____ group
Quaternary - CORRECT ANSWER - Level of protein structure that could involve
disulfide bonds holding together 2 or more polypeptides
Nucleotide - CORRECT ANSWER - ATP is this
Capsule - CORRECT ANSWER - virulence factor possessed by Klebsiella pneumoniae
Positive Taxis - CORRECT ANSWER - Bacterial cell moving toward nutrient
Amphitrichous - CORRECT ANSWER - Having a flagellum on either end
