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The cardinal temperatures are the:
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Carl Woese of the University of Illinois and his collaborators identified two major branches of prokaryotic evolution. What was the basis for dividing prokaryotes into two domains?
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Microscopic examination of the staining characteristics of the cell wall.
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Metabolic characteristics such as the production of methane gas
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Ecological characteristics such as the ability to survive extreme temperatures
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Molecular characteristics such as ribosomal RNA sequences
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Which prokaryotes should be expected to be most strongly resistant to plasmolysis in hypertonic environments?
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Photoautotophs use:
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Light as an energy source and CO2 as a carbon source
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Light as an energy and methane as a carbon source
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CO2 as both an energy source and a carbon source
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All of the above.
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Addition of blood to a culture medium only allows the haemolytic bacteria that grow on the plate to be picked out. This is an example of a:
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Selective medium
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Differential medium
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Complex medium
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Synthetic medium
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Almost all medically important microbes are:
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Chemolithoautotrophs
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Photoorganoheterotrophs
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Photolithoautotrophs
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Chemoorganoheterotrophs
Pregunta 7
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With regards to bacterial plasmids which statement is the CORRECT one?
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A plasmid is extra chromosomal DNA that encodes only resistance to antibiotics
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A plasmid is a part of the bacterial chromosome
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A plasmid is single stranded DNA found in some bacteria
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A plasmid is an extra chromosomal DNA molecule
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Bacterial Genomics is:
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A study of the entire bacterial genome
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Sequencing of the bacterial chromosome
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A study of essential genes and genetic elements
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Sequencing of DNA samples obtained from the environment
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Enter cells by receptor-mediated endocytosis
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Replicate their genomes in the nucleus of the cell
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Replicate their genomes in the cytoplasm of the cell
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Surround their progeny genomes with capsid proteins inside infected cells
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Underline the TRUE statement below:
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Viruses do not infect microorganisms
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All viruses are enveloped
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All viruses cause disease
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All viruses are parasites
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Anthrophilic dermatophytes (fungi causing cutaneous infections of humans) are primarily associated with:
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Soil
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Animals
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Plants
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Humans
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Phytophthora ramorum is the causal pathogen of:
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Potato blight
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Sudden Oak Death
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Coffee rust
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Ash dieback
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The Bacille-Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine is:
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Heat-killed Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Attenuated live Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Mycobacterium bovis
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Attenuated live Mycobacterium bovis
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Which of the following is transmitted via the faecal-oral-route?
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Malaria
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Typhoid
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Plague
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Meningitis
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With regard to the differences between bacterial and eukaryotic cells which statement is the CORRECT one?
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Bacterial cells do not contain mitochondria.
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Bacterial cells are always larger than eukaryote cells.
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Bacteria do not contain a chromosome.
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Eukaryotic cells are sensitive to β-lactam antibiotics.
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Koch’s postulates MOST CORRECTLY relate to which one of the following statements?
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The isolation of a bacterium in culture from an infection alone indicates that it caused the disease.
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Isolation and cultivation of a microorganism from a diseased animal, then inoculation into another healthy animal to cause the same disease followed by re-isolation of the same microorganism indicates that it is the cause of the disease.
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The observation of virus particles in tissue from a human with disease indicates that it has caused the disease.
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Inoculation of a bacterium into an animal and observation of disease alone indicates that it is the cause of the disease observed.
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Which statement is CORRECT with respect to Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)?
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LPS is found in Gram positive cells.
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LPS is found in Gram negative cells in the cytoplasmic membrane.
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LPS is found in the outer-membrane of Gram negative cells.
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LPS is associated with found inside all bacterial cells.
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A culture of E.coli is diluted by a factor of 10-6 and, after plating out 100 μl on an agar plate, 57 colonies grew after incubation at 37oC overnight. The original culture therefore contained how many viable E. coli cells per ml?
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5.7 x 10(7)
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5.7 x 10(8)
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5.7 x 10(6)
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5.7 x 10(5)
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With respect to differences between members of the archaeal and bacterial domains/kingdoms, which is the CORRECT statement?
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Both have peptidoglycan in their cell walls
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No bacteria and only some Archaea are capable of methanogenesis
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Archaea and bacteria are sensitive to β-lactam antibiotics
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Bacteria have similar RNA polymerase to that of Archaea
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Which statement is CORRECT with respect to peptidoglycan?
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There are multiple molecules of peptidoglycan in bacterial cell walls.
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Only Gram positive cells possess peptidoglycan.
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There is only a single molecule of peptidoglycan in a bacterial cell wall.
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Peptidoglycan is only found in Gram negative cell walls.
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Which of the following is a macronutrient?
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Manganese
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Magnesium
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Zinc
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Cobalt
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Which of the following forms of oxygen are generally toxic to living organisms?
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Superoxide anion
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Hydrogen peroxide
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Hydroxyl radical
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All of the above
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Carrier mediated transport is necessary when:
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Diffusion will not allow adequate amounts of a substance to enter the cell
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Movement into the cell is against a concentration gradient
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The level of nutrients in nature is very low
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All of the above
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The size (as determined by the sedimentation factor) of the most useful RNA molecule for prokaryotic evolutionary studies is:
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Which of these environmental factors influences microbial growth?
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pH
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Water potential
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Oxygen
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All of the above
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The signature sequence is used extensively in the:
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A Wild-type strain is:
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A bacterial or viral strain with minimum of mutations in its genome
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An arbitrarily chosen strain; other strains compared with it
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A strain adapted to laboratory conditions
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A strain that dominates the natural environment
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Bacterial genes:
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Are stretches of double stranded RNA
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Have introns
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Are often organised into operons
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Are always present in two copies
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Viruses may encode their genomes as:
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DNA
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RNA
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Negative strand RNA
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All of the above
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Has a double-stranded DNA genome
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Has a capsid that is composed of 240 copies of a single protein
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Replicates primarily in the upper respiratory tract
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Belongs to the enterovirus genus of the picornavirus family
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Which of the following statements is NOT true about rust fungi?
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They are obligate pathogens
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They are host specific pathogens
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They have an active saprophytic phase
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They form basidiospores as part of their life cycle
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Which of the following is NOT part of the plant disease triangle:
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Susceptible host
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Climate change
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Active pathogen
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Suitable environment
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Which of the following is primarily a respiratory pathogen?
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Modification of RNA polymerase confers bacterial resistance to:
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Beta-lactam antibiotics
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Rifampicin
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Quinolone antibiotics
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Metronidazole
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Pasteur is attributed with which one of the following discoveries?
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Was the first to see microorganisms under a microscope
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First to discover and use agar
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That there could be life without air
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The first chemical antibiotics
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The length of a typical E.coli cell is approximately:
Pregunta 37
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With respect to differences between members of the archaeal and bacterial domains/kingdoms, which is the CORRECT statement?
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Both have peptidoglycan in their cell walls
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No bacteria and only some Archaea are capable of methanogenesis
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Archaea and bacteria are sensitive to β-lactam antibiotics
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Bacteria have similar RNA polymerase to that of Archaea
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Which statement is CORRECT with respect to the E.coli chromosome?
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It is negatively supercoiled
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It is positively supercoiled
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There are typically several origins of replication
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It consists of over 50 million base pairs
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A culture of E.coli is diluted by a factor of 10-6 and, after plating out 100 μl on an agar plate, 56 colonies grew after incubation at 37oC overnight. The original culture therefore contained how many viable E. coli cells per ml?
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5.6 x 10(7)
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5.6 x 10(8)
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5.6 x 10(6)
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5.6 x 10(5)
Pregunta 40
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Bacterial flagella bring about cell motion by which mechanism?
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Wave-like movement of the flagellum
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Rotation of the cell
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Rotation of the flagellum in one direction only
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Rotation of the flagellum that is reversible