BHCS1006 Microbiology 1&2 Exam Questions and Answers All Correct

BHCS1006 Microbiology 1&2 Exam Questions and Answers All Correct what is found in bacterial cell walls but not in archea - ANSWER peptidoglycan which domain do most microbes fall under - ANSWER prokaryotes living pathogens - protazoa, fungi, parasites and prokaryotes - ANSWER cellular non-living pathogens - viruses and prions - ANSWER acellular what is a pathogen - ANSWER a microorganism that causes infection, can multiply and adapt rapidly what are bacteria - ANSWER unicellular cells that can reproduce quickly and compete with host cells for space and nutrition what is a parasite - ANSWER an organism that grows and feeds on a host to the detriment of their survival what are fungi - ANSWER microorganism that attacks the body surfaces what is a virus - ANSWER metabolically inert and reproduction is dependant upon the host machinery what is a prion - ANSWER infectious abmornally folded protein capable of causing disease common features between prokaryotes and eukaryotes - ANSWER dna and cell walls cell size of prokaryotes - ANSWER 1 to 10um (length) cell size of eukaryotes - ANSWER 10 to 100um (length) type of DNA in eukaryotes - ANSWER long linear dna contained within a membrane bound nucleus type of dna in prokaryotes - ANSWER circular in single cellular compartment rna synthesis in prokaryotes - ANSWER single cellular compartment protein synthesis in prokaryotes - ANSWER single cellular compartment rna synthesis in eukaryotes - ANSWER nucleus, also processed here protein synthesis in eukaryotes - ANSWER cytoplasm transmembrane movement of prokaryotes - ANSWER no exocytosis or endocytosis transmembrane movement of eukaryotes - ANSWER endocytosis and exocytosis cell division of prokaryotes - ANSWER binary fission cell division of eukaryotes - ANSWER chromosomes pulled apart by attachment to cytoskeletal components organelles in prokaryotes - ANSWER none viruses can only be viewed by which type of microscopy - ANSWER electron microscopy