MIP 300 – Study Guide Exam Questions And Correct Answers 2024

You isolate a new temperate phage. It can - correct answer integrate into the genome reproduce to make new viral particles enter the lytic cyle Both virulent and temperate phase can carry out specialized transduction - correct answer False Both virulent and temperate phase can carry out generalized transduction - correct answer True A non capsule producing Streptococci pneumoniae bacterium takes up a linear chromosomal piece of exogenous DNA that contains the gene for producing a capsule. It does not integrate into the chromosome and is not contained on a plasmid. You grow up large amounts of this bacterium and inject it into a mouse. What do you expect will occur in this mouse? Group of answer choices - correct answer It will live A temperate phage can transfer genes to new bacteria that it obtains while excising from the host chromosome. - correct answer True A temperate phage can enter the lytic cycle. - correct answer True A virulent phage can inadvertently package host cell chromosome into phage particles. - correct answer True You isolate a bacterium that can transfer genes to other bacteria. You isolate the medium this bacterium is growing in (being very careful not to have any of the bacteria in the medium), and treat it with protease, then add new bacteria and allow them to grow in this medium. You find these bacteria have acquired new genes. The bacterium you isolated is most likely transferring genes by - correct answer Transformation