2895219
Description
Quiz by elizabeth.merner, updated more than 1 year ago
|
Created by elizabeth.merner
over 9 years ago
|
|
Question 1
Question
Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology differs from Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology in that the former
Answer
-
groups bacteria into species
-
groups bacteria according to phylogenetic relationships
-
groups bacteria according to pathogenic properties
-
groups bacteria into 19 species
-
all of the above
Question 2
Question
Bacillus and Lactobacillus are not in the same order. This indicates that which one of the following is NOT sufficient to assign an organism to a taxon?
Answer
-
biochemical characteristics
-
amino acid sequencing
-
phage typing
-
serology
-
morphological characteristics
Question 3
Question
Which of the following is used to classify organisms into the kingdom fungi?
Answer
-
ability to photosynthesize; possess a cell wall
-
unicellular; possess cell wall, prokaryotic
-
unicellular; lacking cell wall, eukaryotic
-
absorptive; possess cell wall, eukaryotic
-
ingestive; lacking cell wall; multicellular; prokaryotic
Question 4
Question
Which of the following is false about scientific nomenclature?
Answer
-
each name is specific
-
names vary with geographical location
-
the names are standardized
-
each name consists of a genus and specific epithet
-
it was the first designed by Linnaeus
Question 5
Question
You could ID an unknown bacterium by all of the following except
Answer
-
hybridizing a DNA probe from a known bacterium with the uknown's DNA
-
making a fatty acid profile of the unknown
-
specific antiserum agglutinating the unknown
-
ribosomal RNA sequencing
-
percentage of guanine + cytosine
Question 6
Question
The wall-less mycoplasmas are considered to be related to gram-positive bacteria. Which of the following would provide the most compelling evidence for this?
Answer
-
They share common rRNA sequences
-
Some gram-positive bacteria and some mycoplasmas produce catalase.
-
both groups are prokaryotic
-
some gram-positive bacteria are some mycoplasmas have coccus-shaped cells
-
both groups contain human pathogens
Question 7
Question
Into which group would you place a multicellular organism that has a mouth and lives inside the human liver?
Answer
-
animalia
-
fungi
-
plantae
-
firmicutes (gram-positive bacteria)
-
proteobacteria (gram-negative bacteria)
Question 8
Question
Into which group would you place a photosynthetic organism that lacks a nucleus and has a thin peptidoglycan wall surrounded by an outer membrane?
Answer
-
animalia
-
fungi
-
plantae
-
firmicutes (gram-positive bacteria)
-
proteobacteria (gram-negative bacteria)
Question 9
Question
Which of the following is (are) found in all three domains?
Answer
-
70s Ribosomes, plasma membrane
-
peptidoglycan
-
70s Ribosomes, plasma membrane, nucleus
-
9 + 2 flagella, fimbria, peptidoglycan
-
9+ 2 flagella, 702 ribosomes, fimbria, nucleus, peptidoglycan, plasma membrane
Question 10
Question
Which is (are) found only in prokaryotes?
Answer
-
9 + 2 flagella, nucleus, plasma membrane
-
fimbria, peptidoglycan
-
9 + 2 flagella, 70s Ribosomes
-
nucleus
-
70 s ribosomes, nucleus, peptidoglycan
Want to create your own Quizzes for free with GoConqr? Learn more.