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Test Bank for Brock Biology of Microorganisms 16th Edition
By Madigan
All (Chapter 1-34) Questions & Answers with Rationales |Grade A+
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ISBN 9780134874401
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 The Microbial World ........................................................................................ 3
Chapter 2 Microbial Cell Structure and Function ........................................................... 17
Chapter 3 Microbial Metabolism .................................................................................... 34
Chapter 4 Molecular Information Flow and Protein Processing .................................... 50
Chapter 5 Microbial Growth and Its Control .................................................................. 66
Chapter 6 Microbial Regulatory Systems........................................................................ 82
Chapter 7 Molecular Biology of Microbial Growth ......................................................... 99
Chapter 8 Viruses and Their Replication ..................................................................... 114
Chapter 9 Microbial Systems Biology ........................................................................... 131
Chapter 10 Viral Genomics, Diversity, and Ecology ...................................................... 148
Chapter 11 Genetics of Bacteria and Archaea .............................................................. 162
Chapter 12 Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology ........................................................ 180
Chapter 13 Microbial Evolution and Systematics ......................................................... 195
Chapter 14 Metabolic Diversity of Microorganisms ..................................................... 211
Chapter 15 Functional Diversity of Microorganisms .................................................... 228
Chapter 16 Diversity of Bacteria .................................................................................. 245
Chapter 17 Diversity of Archaea ................................................................................... 262
Chapter 18 Diversity of Microbial Eukarya .................................................................. 280
Chapter 19 Taking the Measure of Microbial Systems.................................................. 296
Chapter 20 Microbial Ecosystems................................................................................. 313
Chapter 21 Nutrient Cycles ........................................................................................... 329
Chapter 22 Microbiology of the Built Environment ..................................................... 346
Chapter 23 Microbial Symbioses .................................................................................. 359
Chapter 24 Microbial Symbioses with Humans ............................................................ 377
Chapter 25 Microbial Infection and Pathogenesis ....................................................... 394
Chapter 26 Innate Immunity: Broadly Specific Host Defenses ..................................... 411
Chapter 27 Adaptive Immunity: Highly Specific Host Defenses ................................... 430
Chapter 28 Clinical Microbiology and Immunology ..................................................... 456
Chapter 29 Epidemiology ............................................................................................. 476
Chapter 30 Person-to-Person Bacterial and Viral Diseases ......................................... 493
Chapter 31 Vectorborne and Soilborne Bacterial and Viral Diseases .......................... 511
Chapter 32 Waterborne and Foodborne Bacterial and Viral Diseases ......................... 525
Chapter 33 Eukaryotic Pathogens: Fungi, Protozoans, and Helminths ........................ 540
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Chapter 1 The Microbial World
1.1 Multiple Choice Questions
1) Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A) Microbial cells can exist as single cells.
B) Microbial cells carry out their life processes of growth independently.
C) Microbial cells include both bacteria and viruses.
D) Microbial cells are surrounded by a plasma membrane.
2) Which of the following statements is correct?
A) Microorganisms are significant contributors to the total biomass on Earth.
B) Microorganisms represent a much smaller amount of Earth’s biomass than plants.
C) Microorganisms represent a much smaller amount of Earth’s biomass than animals.
D) Microorganisms are significant in number, but not in overall biomass.
3) Differential selection and reproduction of phenotypes occurs during a process called
A) cellular differentiation.
B) evolution.
C) growth.
D) transformation.
4) In what/which domain(s) of life is/are microorganisms represented?
A) Archaea
B) Bacteria
C) Eukarya
D) Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya
5) Biological catalysts involved in the acceleration of the rate of chemical reactions are
called
A) catalytic converters.
B) growth agents.
C) evolutionary molecules.
D) enzymes.
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6) Regarding early life on Earth
A) microbial life existed for billions of years before plant and animal life.
B) microbial life existed long before animals but has been around for about the same
amount of time as plants.
C) microbial life, plant life, and animal life all appeared at about the same time.
D) it is impossible to determine which type of life first appeared.
7) The person who described the “wee animalcules” was
A) Robert Hooke.
B) Antoni van Leeuwenhoek.
C) Louis Pasteur.
D) Ferdinand Cohn.
Chapter Section: 1.5
8) Walther Hesse and pioneered the use of agar as a solidifying agent.
A) Louis Pasteur
B) Ferdinand Cohn
C) Robert Koch
D) Sergei Winogradsky
9 Which of the following is/are characteristic of all cellular organisms?
A) communication
B) evolution
C) motility
D) communication, evolution, and motility
10) Deduce why viruses are excluded from the ribosomal RNA—based tree of life.
A) Some viruses contain multiple strands of RNA.
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Test Bank for Brock Biology of Microorganisms 16th Edition
By Madigan
All (Chapter 1-34) Questions & Answers with Rationales |Grade A+
Assured
ISBN 9780134874401
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, THIS DOCUMENT BELONGS TO TESTBANKSPROF
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 The Microbial World ........................................................................................ 3
Chapter 2 Microbial Cell Structure and Function ........................................................... 17
Chapter 3 Microbial Metabolism .................................................................................... 34
Chapter 4 Molecular Information Flow and Protein Processing .................................... 50
Chapter 5 Microbial Growth and Its Control .................................................................. 66
Chapter 6 Microbial Regulatory Systems........................................................................ 82
Chapter 7 Molecular Biology of Microbial Growth ......................................................... 99
Chapter 8 Viruses and Their Replication ..................................................................... 114
Chapter 9 Microbial Systems Biology ........................................................................... 131
Chapter 10 Viral Genomics, Diversity, and Ecology ...................................................... 148
Chapter 11 Genetics of Bacteria and Archaea .............................................................. 162
Chapter 12 Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology ........................................................ 180
Chapter 13 Microbial Evolution and Systematics ......................................................... 195
Chapter 14 Metabolic Diversity of Microorganisms ..................................................... 211
Chapter 15 Functional Diversity of Microorganisms .................................................... 228
Chapter 16 Diversity of Bacteria .................................................................................. 245
Chapter 17 Diversity of Archaea ................................................................................... 262
Chapter 18 Diversity of Microbial Eukarya .................................................................. 280
Chapter 19 Taking the Measure of Microbial Systems.................................................. 296
Chapter 20 Microbial Ecosystems................................................................................. 313
Chapter 21 Nutrient Cycles ........................................................................................... 329
Chapter 22 Microbiology of the Built Environment ..................................................... 346
Chapter 23 Microbial Symbioses .................................................................................. 359
Chapter 24 Microbial Symbioses with Humans ............................................................ 377
Chapter 25 Microbial Infection and Pathogenesis ....................................................... 394
Chapter 26 Innate Immunity: Broadly Specific Host Defenses ..................................... 411
Chapter 27 Adaptive Immunity: Highly Specific Host Defenses ................................... 430
Chapter 28 Clinical Microbiology and Immunology ..................................................... 456
Chapter 29 Epidemiology ............................................................................................. 476
Chapter 30 Person-to-Person Bacterial and Viral Diseases ......................................... 493
Chapter 31 Vectorborne and Soilborne Bacterial and Viral Diseases .......................... 511
Chapter 32 Waterborne and Foodborne Bacterial and Viral Diseases ......................... 525
Chapter 33 Eukaryotic Pathogens: Fungi, Protozoans, and Helminths ........................ 540
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Chapter 1 The Microbial World
1.1 Multiple Choice Questions
1) Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A) Microbial cells can exist as single cells.
B) Microbial cells carry out their life processes of growth independently.
C) Microbial cells include both bacteria and viruses.
D) Microbial cells are surrounded by a plasma membrane.
2) Which of the following statements is correct?
A) Microorganisms are significant contributors to the total biomass on Earth.
B) Microorganisms represent a much smaller amount of Earth’s biomass than plants.
C) Microorganisms represent a much smaller amount of Earth’s biomass than animals.
D) Microorganisms are significant in number, but not in overall biomass.
3) Differential selection and reproduction of phenotypes occurs during a process called
A) cellular differentiation.
B) evolution.
C) growth.
D) transformation.
4) In what/which domain(s) of life is/are microorganisms represented?
A) Archaea
B) Bacteria
C) Eukarya
D) Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya
5) Biological catalysts involved in the acceleration of the rate of chemical reactions are
called
A) catalytic converters.
B) growth agents.
C) evolutionary molecules.
D) enzymes.
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6) Regarding early life on Earth
A) microbial life existed for billions of years before plant and animal life.
B) microbial life existed long before animals but has been around for about the same
amount of time as plants.
C) microbial life, plant life, and animal life all appeared at about the same time.
D) it is impossible to determine which type of life first appeared.
7) The person who described the “wee animalcules” was
A) Robert Hooke.
B) Antoni van Leeuwenhoek.
C) Louis Pasteur.
D) Ferdinand Cohn.
Chapter Section: 1.5
8) Walther Hesse and pioneered the use of agar as a solidifying agent.
A) Louis Pasteur
B) Ferdinand Cohn
C) Robert Koch
D) Sergei Winogradsky
9 Which of the following is/are characteristic of all cellular organisms?
A) communication
B) evolution
C) motility
D) communication, evolution, and motility
10) Deduce why viruses are excluded from the ribosomal RNA—based tree of life.
A) Some viruses contain multiple strands of RNA.
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