Microbiology MCQ

Microbiology

1. Infection of the ________ would be the hardest to treat with antimicrobial drugs.

Answer

Correct Answer: Brain

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2. The baltimore scheme to classify viruses contains a total of ________ groups based on ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Ssdna genome becoming a dsdna genome

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3. Replication of most ________ viruses is similar to normal cellular processes.

Answer

Correct Answer: DsDNA

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4. The differential stage of the gram stain is the application of _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Ethanol

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5. Plasmids typically carry ___ genes

Answer

Correct Answer: Phospholipids

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6. __________ are used for communication by the microbes in biofilms.

Answer

Correct Answer: Quorum-sensing molecules

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7. An antimicrobial agent that ________ will have the most lasting germicidal effect.

Answer

Correct Answer: Damages DNA

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8. The ________ are the largest known group of archaea.

Answer

Correct Answer: Methanogens

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9. A(n) ________ is a damage or injury to a host organism that impairs its function.

Answer

Correct Answer: Disease

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10. The mouse model of obesity suggests that __________ is linked to increased body mass.

Answer

Correct Answer: A reduction in Bacteroidetes

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11. ______________ mutations arise occasionally in all cells and in the absence of any added agent.

Answer

Correct Answer: Mutations

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12. Obligate ______ live at low ph extremes and sometimes maintain the low ph by releasing strong acid.

Answer

Correct Answer: Acidophiles

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13. Transcriptional regulators bind most frequently at the ________ site of dna.

Answer

Correct Answer: Major groove

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14. The ________ demonstrates the roles played by households and firms in the market system.

Answer

Correct Answer: Circular flow model

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15. Some viruses have a dsdna genome. others may have a ________ genome.

Answer

Correct Answer: SsDNA, ssRNA, or dsRNA

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16. Horseradish peroxidase and alkaline phosphatase are enzymes used in _____ tests.

Answer

Correct Answer: ELISA

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17. Heat is used to drive the stain into cells in the ________ staining procedure(s).

Answer

Correct Answer: Both acid-fast and endospore stains

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18. Genomic _____ are collections of isolated genes maintained in a cloning host.

Answer

Correct Answer: Libraries

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19. A _____ is the presence of small numbers of bacteria in the blood.

Answer

Correct Answer: Bacteremia

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20. The rumen is an ________ habitat that depends on ________ to digest cellulose for ruminant animals.

Answer

Correct Answer: Aerobic / cellulolytic and fermentative bacteria

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21. The reactivated form of chickenpox is called _________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Congenital defects

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22. The united states rebelled against a _____ government.

Answer

Correct Answer: Unitary

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23. Whenever the eyes, ears, tongue, skin, or mouth detect a stimulus, a(n) _____ has occurred.

Answer

Correct Answer: Sensation

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24. Typically, an adult's body contains _______ of blood.

Answer

Correct Answer: 5 liters

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25. With external style sheets, the link statement is placed between the ____ tags.

Answer

Correct Answer:

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26. Two aspects of family closeness during adolescence are _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Support and connectedness

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27. The accelerated growth and advances in taxonomy as a science occurred during _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Renaissance

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28. Fruit is most important in facilitating _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Seed dispersal

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29. The aids virus becomes established in cells bearing the __________ receptor.

Answer

Correct Answer: CD4

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30. __________ is the science that analyzes energy changes in a collection of matter.

Answer

Correct Answer: Thermodynamics

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31. When our oil supply is depleted, a new material will need to be used to produce _________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Plastic.

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32. Factors that enhance an organism's ability to adhere to host tissues include __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Fimbriae

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33. Hydrogen peroxide does not make a good antiseptic for open wounds because __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Catalase in human tissues neutralizes it

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34. Aseptic hand washing includes ____

Answer

Correct Answer: Keeping your hands lower than your forearms

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35. The phenomenon of ________ facilitates the binding of phagocyte pseudopodia to pathogens.

Answer

Correct Answer: Opsonization

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36. The ________ play a role in preventing neoplastic cells from progressing to cancer.

Answer

Correct Answer: NK cells

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37. Gonorrhea is often asymptomatic in women because __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: The cervix is usually the site of infection

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38. The ___________ subdivides the pelvis into the true pelvis and the false pelvis.

Answer

Correct Answer: Pelvic brim

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39. Washing dishes in the dishwasher with detergent and hot water is a ________ process.

Answer

Correct Answer: Disinfecting

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40. Virulence factors that enhance invasiveness of a pathogen can include __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the listed responses

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41. Trace elements are found in bacterial cells in very small amounts because they __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Function only in a limited set of enzymes and cofactors

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42. The vaccine against smallpox developed by edward jenner is an example of a(n) ________ vaccine.

Answer

Correct Answer: Attenuated

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43. The penalty for failure to correct a prior osha violation is a ____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Fine of up to $70,000 and/or up to 6 months' imprisonment

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44. Normal microbiota helps to ________ colonization of pathogenic organisms.

Answer

Correct Answer: Prevent -

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45. Microorganisms that infect the middle ear cavity most frequently come from the __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Pharynx

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46. Microbial cells first evolved on earth approximately ________ billion years ago.

Answer

Correct Answer: 3.8 to 3.9

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47. Media containing some ingredients of unknown chemical composition are called __________ media.

Answer

Correct Answer: Complex.

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48. Measles is described as a ______ skin lesion.

Answer

Correct Answer: Maculopapular.

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49. Many cultured and characterized strains from the phylum crenarchaeota were isolated from _____ .

Answer

Correct Answer: Thermal hot springs

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50. Marsupials survived in australia (as opposed to asia) because ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Marsupials were better adapted

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51. The phenolic ________ is present in many consumer products labeled "antibacterial."

Answer

Correct Answer: Triclosan

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52. To solidify media used to grow microbes, usually __________ is added to the nutrient broth.

Answer

Correct Answer: Agar

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53. Spherical bacteria that divide and remain attached in chainlike patterns are called __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Streptococci

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54. A _______ is a marine organism that swims throughout the water column.

Answer

Correct Answer: Nekton

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55. ________ is the single most important factor in predicting whether an individual votes.

Answer

Correct Answer: Education level

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56. The ________ typically consists of five or six flattened membranous discs called cisternae.

Answer

Correct Answer: Golgi apparatus

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57. During __________, the phage remains latent.

Answer

Correct Answer: Latency

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58. The antibiotic polymyxin b combines with phospholipids. this will cause __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Leakage of cell contents

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59. The _____ are drugs that deposit in developing teeth and cause a permanent brown discoloration.

Answer

Correct Answer: Tetracyclines

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60. Quorum sensing affects biofilm development through control of __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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61. A bacterium that lacks the mreb gene will have a ________ shape.

Answer

Correct Answer: Coccoid

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62. A popular seedless vascular plant is _____. moss the juniper the fern the rose

Answer

Correct Answer: The fern

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63. When cells are metabolically active but not dividing, they are in the ________ phase.

Answer

Correct Answer: Lag.

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64. Bergey's manual contains __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Taxonomic information.

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65. Exotoxins can be denatured by iodine to form __________, which are useful in vaccines.

Answer

Correct Answer: Toxoids

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66. The production of natural carbon dioxide by yeasts after a wine is bottled results in ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Champagne.

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67. With the exception of some sponges, all animals are _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Heterotrophs

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68. Bread products can be spoiled by the growth of bacillus species that produce _________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Gassy doughs.

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69. _____ heat is more rapidly effective and efficient compared to _____ heat.

Answer

Correct Answer: Moist, dry.

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70. A chemical that is effective in preserving foods with a low ph such as bread is ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Sodium propionate

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71. Most biopolymers industrially produced by means of microorganisms are _________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Polysaccharides,

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72. The __________ clade includes 160 species, with most producing arbuscular mycorrhizae.

Answer

Correct Answer: Glomeromycete

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73. The ________ method provides an estimate of the cfus (colony-forming units) in a sample

Answer

Correct Answer: Viable plate-count

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74. The first penicillin-producing fungus that could be grown in stirred fermenters was _________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Penicillium chrysogenum

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75. Pathogens can be given off and carried in the air when an infected individual __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Coughs or sneezes into the air

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76. The presence of pathogens tends to _______ the evolution of sexual reproduction because _______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Favor; populations require more genetic variation to evolve defenses against pathogens

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77. In miller's 1953 laboratory experiment, __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Abiotic compounds cycled through the apparatus and were sampled for organic compounds.

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78. If you cut a flatworm in half, both halves can grow into a new individual by _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Fragmentation.

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79. A branched network of hyphae formed by the actinomycetes is called a __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Mycelium

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80. Actinomycetes form long filaments called ___________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Hyphae.

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81. The first person to use heating processes to preserve foods was _________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Nicholas Appert.

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82. Fecal-oral infections are usually a result of __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Bodily fluid transmission

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83. A nutrient agar slant is used in microbiology to __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Transport and store microbes.

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84. Aflatoxin is a(n) ________ associated with ingestion of contaminated ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Mycotoxin; peanuts.

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85. The number of persons afflicted with an infectious disease is the _____ rate.

Answer

Correct Answer: Pandemic

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86. Variations in the size and shape of cells within a single species of bacteria is known as ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Pleomorphism

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87. The microbes commonly known as ________ are single-celled eukaryotes that are generally motile.

Answer

Correct Answer: Protozoa

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88. The main functions of the bacterial cell wall include all of the following except __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Actively transporting solutes against the concentration gradient

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89. The function of nad+/nadh in the cell is best described as __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: A way to increase the types of redox reactions that occur in the cell by acting as an intermediary between dissimilar compounds

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90. The classification of algae is based largely on __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Photosynthetic pigments

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91. The 'soap scum' on a shower curtain is an example of __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: A biofilm

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92. The _____ of a virus is enclosed by a _____ capsid.

Answer

Correct Answer: Nucleic acid; protein

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93. During the gram stain, the application of alcohol results in the decolorization of ______ cells.

Answer

Correct Answer: Gram-negative

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94. Carbohydrates typically include ______

Answer

Correct Answer: C, H, and O atoms

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95. Dermatophytes are fungi that can infect the __________ because they can grow on/in __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Outer skin; keratin

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96. By definition, parasites ________ their host.

Answer

Correct Answer: Feed on and harm

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97. Antigenic variation occurs almost yearly with the influenza _________ virus.

Answer

Correct Answer: A

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98. The _____ stain is used to stain and differentiate mycobacterium and nocardia from other bacteria.

Answer

Correct Answer: Acid-fast

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99. Proteins known as ________ function to refold partially denatured proteins.

Answer

Correct Answer: Chaperonins

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100. All _____ consist of a thiazolidine ring, a beta-lactam ring, and an r group.

Answer

Correct Answer: Penicillins.

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101. A viroid is a naked, infectious _____ molecule.

Answer

Correct Answer: RNA

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102. A microorganism that has been used in the production of sour mash whiskey is _________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Leuconostoc mesenteroides

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103. __________ activate repressor proteins thereby decreasing the synthesis of certain enzymes.

Answer

Correct Answer: Corepressors

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104. The term radappertization is used to describe food preservation by _________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Gamma irradiation.

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105. Icosahedral viruses are constructed from ring- or knob-shaped units called __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Capsomers

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106. The trophic level of ""producers"" includes ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Any organisms producing biomass directly from photosynthesis

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107. The _____ of the microscope holds and allows selection of the objective lenses.

Answer

Correct Answer: Nosepiece

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108. Rabies is an example of a zoonosis that is hard to control because __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Its reservoir contains both domestic and sylvatic animals

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109. Phagocytic cells associated with the epidermis are called __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Dendritic cells

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110. Methanogens, extreme halophiles, and extreme thermophiles are examples of _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Archaea

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111. A(n) ________ organism require(s) oxygen for growth.

Answer

Correct Answer: Obligate aerobic

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112. You observe a microbial colony on glycerol yeast agar. this microbe is likely to be __________

Answer

Correct Answer: An actinomycete

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113. Nitrogen is a growth-limiting nutrient because cells need it to manufacture __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Proteins and nucleotides

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114. Metabolic activity is at maximum level in the ________ phase of growth.

Answer

Correct Answer: Log

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115. Instead of oxygen, __________ may utilize nitrate or sulfate as their final electron acceptors.

Answer

Correct Answer: Obligate anaerobes

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116. Because lps is bound to the surface of bacteria, it is called a(n) __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Endotoxin

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117. Bacterial cells are prokaryotic; unlike a typical eukaryotic cell, they _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Have no membrane-bounded organelles in their cytoplasm

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118. Bacterial binary fission results in ________ growth.

Answer

Correct Answer: Exponential

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119. Bacterial ________ are sites of metabolite storage.

Answer

Correct Answer: Inclusions

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120. A pathogen must __________ in order for it to cause disease.

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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121. _______ is a peptidoglycan-like molecule found in the cell walls of some archaea.

Answer

Correct Answer: Pseudomurein

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122. A series of enzymatic steps that fixes carbon dioxide into carbohydrate is called the ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Calvin cycle

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123. The purine___ always binds with the pyrimidine__ in dna and rna.

Answer

Correct Answer: Guanine, cytosine

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124. Media in which all components and their concentration are known are called __________ media.

Answer

Correct Answer: Defined

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125. Initial attachment of microorganisms often involves ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Flagella and is reversible

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126. Increasing genetic variability by the uptake of dna from the environment is __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Transformation

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127. In the lysogenic cycle, new viral particles are _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Packaged and released when triggered by radiation, chemicals, or other environmental signals

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128. In the lac operon, the inducer is __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Allolactose, the isomer of lactose

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129. In lateral gene transfer, genes are ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Moved from one species to another

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130. During protein synthesis, ____ rna is made as a copy of a gene from dna.

Answer

Correct Answer: Messenger

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131. Fermentation often produces co2, which can be used by ________ as an electron acceptor for energy.

Answer

Correct Answer: Acetogens and methanogens

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132. Attenuation involves the termination of ______ synthesis

Answer

Correct Answer: MRNA

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133. Diseases that are induced by modern medical procedures are referred to as ________ infections.

Answer

Correct Answer: Iatrogenic

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134. Artificially stimulating antibodies to a disease is called _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Immunization

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135. An organism that cannot synthesize methionine is an example of __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: An auxotroph

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136. An __________ pathogen can cause disease in a host with impaired resistance.

Answer

Correct Answer: Opportunistic

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137. A medium containing known substances in precise amounts is known as a ________ media.

Answer

Correct Answer: Defined

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138. A color change will occur during an elisa when a substrate reacts with _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: An enzyme

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139. A chemical that denatures proteins is most likely to be classified as a(n) ________ agent.

Answer

Correct Answer: Bacteriocidal

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140. ________ reactions build new organic molecules from smaller inorganic and organic compounds.

Answer

Correct Answer: Anabolic

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141. The __________ is the electron acceptor in a redox reaction.

Answer

Correct Answer: Oxidant

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142. All of the following methods are used for food preservation except __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Microwaves.

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143. The _____________ lactose is often used as a substrate for penicillin production.

Answer

Correct Answer: Disaccharide

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144. Pathogens produce virulence factors primarily to ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Outcompete host cells for resources.

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145. Vectors that some protozoa use to transfer disease are _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Flies

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146. Viruses _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Use the host cell to copy themselves and make viral proteins

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147. When using an inoculating loop to take a sample of bacteria from a petri dish, you should ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Touch or very lightly scrape the bacterial sample

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148. Vaccination triggers an immune response which produces ________ immunity.

Answer

Correct Answer: Artificial active

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149. Treatment of gas gangrene may involve _________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Antibiotics and surgery to remove the dead tissue

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150. Translation begins when a __________ molecule binds to a __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: MRNA; small ribosomal subunit

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151. This variable region gives an antibody ______ for an _______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Specificity, antigen

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152. The two most important alcohol germicides are __________ and __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Ethanol; isopropanol

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153. The translation process in eukaryotes requires all of the following: _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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154. The proton motive force (pmf) is driven by __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: The difference in charge across the plasma membrane with protons outside the membrane

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155. The prokaryotes that cause tooth decay have a ________ relationship with humans.

Answer

Correct Answer: Parasitic

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156. The presence or absence of _____ differentiates prokaryotic cells from eukaryotic cells.

Answer

Correct Answer: A nucleus

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157. The peptidoglycan cell wall of bacteria is most analogous to _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: A chain-link fence

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158. The pathogenic prokaryotes that cause cholera are _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Bacteria that release an exotoxin

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159. The most widely accepted current model for membrane structures is called the __________ model.

Answer

Correct Answer: Fluid mosaic

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160. The most common method used by clinical microbiology labs for identifying bacteria are _________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Biochemical

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161. The cell walls of __________ contain tetrapeptides.

Answer

Correct Answer: Both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria

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162. The archaea are similar to bacteria in all of the following aspects except __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Their ribosomal proteins

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163. Taxonomy consists of all of the following activities except __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Staining

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164. Similar to the nucleus, chloroplasts and mitochondria are ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Surrounded by two membranes

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165. Proteins that are loosely associated with the cytoplasmic membrane are called __________ proteins.

Answer

Correct Answer: Peripheral.

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166. Proofreading of newly-synthesized dna is important because __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: A high fidelity in the copying of DNA is necessary for good heredity

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167. Operons are a standard method for gene regulation in _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Prokaryotes but not eukaryotes

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168. On first exposure to antigen, t helper cells __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Become activated and increase in number

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169. Newly inoculated cultures must be _____ at a specific temperature and time to encourage growth.

Answer

Correct Answer: Incubated

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170. Mucus and sweat contain ________ which damage and kill bacteria.

Answer

Correct Answer: Antimicrobial peptides

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171. Koch's work involving anthrax was significant because it was the first time __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: A bacterium had been proven to cause a disease

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172. Human normal microbiota begin to develop __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: During birth

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173. Fungal infections are known as ________ and can be acquired from environmental or clinical sources.

Answer

Correct Answer: Mycoses

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174. Both transcription and dna replication involve __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Synthesis using a DNA template

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175. All of these statements are characteristic of vzv infections except __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: A person can get shingles from a person who has chickenpox

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176. All of these parts of the digestive system are almost free of microbes except __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: The ileum

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177. A(n) ________ gene is a gene that encodes a protein that is easy to detect and assay.

Answer

Correct Answer: Reporter

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178. In a bacterial cell undergoing binary fission and balanced growth, __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: The proportion of all cell constituents will remain the same over time

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179. An antimicrobial chemical used on the skin is usually called a(n) __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Antiseptic

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180. An antibiotic that increased the activity of ________ would likely result in cell death.

Answer

Correct Answer: Autolysin

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181. Contamination with ________ is a concern because they are highly resistant to killing.

Answer

Correct Answer: Endospores

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182. _________ are the precursors to macrophages.

Answer

Correct Answer: Monocytes

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183. Double fertilization produces a ___________ embryo and a _________ endosperm.

Answer

Correct Answer: Diploid, triploid

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184. When shellfish ingest dinoflagellates, __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: They can become poisonous.

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185. The photoautotrophic prokaryotes that generate oxygen as a by-product are the _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Cyanobacteria.

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186. The ability of microbes to utilize n2 as a nitrogen source is called __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Nitrogen fixation

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187. Slime molds are not classified as fungi, in part because they __________..

Answer

Correct Answer: They have cell walls

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188. Single-celled prokaryotes had the earth to themselves for approximately __________..

Answer

Correct Answer: 1.5 billion years

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189. A cladogram begins with a common _____________ of all the organisms represented above.

Answer

Correct Answer: Ancestor

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190. A chemoheterotroph obtains its energy from __________ and its carbon from __________ sources.

Answer

Correct Answer: Redox reactions; organic

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191. Zygomycota produce _____, which germinate into new hyphae.

Answer

Correct Answer: Zygospores

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192. Varieties of staphylococcus aureus that are resistant to the drug methicillin _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Developed in response to the use of methicillin

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193. The prokaryotic organisms most likely to be found living in salt ponds are the _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Halophiles

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194. The prokaryotic cells that built stromatolites are classified as _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Cyanobacteria

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195. A charged trna first enters the ribosomal ________ site and then moves into the ________ site.

Answer

Correct Answer: A, P

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196. Acidic dyes are commonly used for ________ stains.

Answer

Correct Answer: Negative

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197. The generation time of bacterial cells is shortest during the ________ phase.

Answer

Correct Answer: Log

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198. The generation time of escherichia coli in the human intestine is ________ in laboratory culture.

Answer

Correct Answer: Slower than

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199. The e. coli lac operon has ________ operator sequences.

Answer

Correct Answer: Three

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200. Media used to test carbohydrate utilization of bacteria often contain ph indicators ____________.

Answer

Correct Answer: In order to detect if acid is produced as a result of carbohydrate metabolism

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201. The body's ability to resist pathogens and disease is called ____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Immunity

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202. Most enveloped viruses use the host __________ membrane as their envelope source.

Answer

Correct Answer: Plasma

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203. A mrna codon is complementary to the dna ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Triplet

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204. A colony-forming unit is a __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Single cell or group of related cells that gives rise to a colony

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205. _____ manual of systematic bacteriology is a manual of bacterial descriptions and classifications.

Answer

Correct Answer: Bergey's

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206. During the gram stain, _____ cells decolorize when the alcohol is applied.

Answer

Correct Answer: Gram-negative

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207. The yeast candida albicans does not normally cause disease because of ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: The normal microbiota

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208. Two major structures that allow bacteria to adhere to surfaces are ___ and ___.

Answer

Correct Answer: Fimbrae, capsules

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209. Which of the following statements about quorum sensing is false? quorum sensing _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Is cell-cell communication in eukaryotes

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210. You can probably find algae _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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211. Under a microscope, gram-negative bacteria (when dyed with the gram stain) appear _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Pink

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212. Unlike sulfolobus, some archaea use ___________ protein(s) to accomplish cytokinesis.

Answer

Correct Answer: FtsZ

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213. The toxic component of lipopolysaccharide is called _________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Lipid A

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214. Translation directly involves _____

Answer

Correct Answer: MRNA, tRNA, ribosomes, and GTP

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215. Plasma cells ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Have a great deal of rough endoplasmic reticulum reflecting the fact that they secrete a tremendous amount of protein (antibody

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216. The synthesis of β-galactosidase is regulated by __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Induction and catabolite repression

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217. The site on the dna to which a repressor protein binds is the __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Operator

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218. The release factor (rf) _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Binds to the stop codon in the A site in place of a tRNA

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219. The main advantage of a spread plate over a streak plate is that the spread plate __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Allows for the calculation of cell numbers

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220. Terrestrial biomes are defined in a large part by ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: The plants that live there

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221. Sulfanilamides interfere with __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Folic acid synthesis in bacteria

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222. Some ________ use group translocation as a means of transport.

Answer

Correct Answer: Bacteria

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223. Prokaryotic operons typically include a(n) ________ and a(n) ________ with multiple genes.

Answer

Correct Answer: Operator, promoter

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224. Organisms called _____ live on or in the body of a host and cause some degree of harm.

Answer

Correct Answer: Parasites

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225. One difference between algae and plants is that _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Plants have roots, stems, or leaves

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226. One chain of alternating nags and nams is connected to another chain via _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Tetrapeptides

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227. Microbiologists study parasitic worms because __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: They cause diseases that are diagnosed by finding Microscopic eggs in clinical specimen

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228. Methanogens are an example of a/an __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Obligate anaerobes

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229. Methanogenesis, not methylotrophy, is the __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Oxidation of H2

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230. Diatoms have cell walls composed of _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Silicon dioxide

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231. Chlamydia is the most prevalent _______________ std.

Answer

Correct Answer: Bacterial

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232. Capsules play a role in the virulence of all of the following except __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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233. Antimicrobial agents that damage the viral envelope __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Prevent attachment of the virus to its target cell

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234. An f+ bacterial cell __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Acts as a donor during conjugation

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235. All of the following are potential end-products of fermentation except __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Pyruvic acid

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236. All of the following are found in the cell walls of gram-positive bacteria except __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Lipid A

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237. A major difference between exotoxins and endotoxins is that endotoxins are _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Physically part of the bacterial structure

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238. A halotolerant facultative anaerobic bacterium would grow best in a ________ environment.

Answer

Correct Answer: Oxygenated non-saline

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239. A bacterium containing ________ provided with hydrogen peroxide will produce oxygen bubbles.

Answer

Correct Answer: Catalase

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240. A _____ is a measure taken to lessen the likelihood of pregnancy.

Answer

Correct Answer: ​contraceptive

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241. ____________ is used to measure the amount of a chemoattractant encountered over time.

Answer

Correct Answer: Methylation

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242. __________ pathways are those that function both catabolically and anabolically.

Answer

Correct Answer: Amphibolic

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243. __________ is the process through which endospores are formed within a vegetative cell.

Answer

Correct Answer: Sporulation

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244. ________ are fixed macrophages found in the liver.

Answer

Correct Answer: Kupffer cells

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