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Microbiology Final Exam QuestionsWhat is found in ALL prokaryotic organisms? - answer Ribosomes
What is the best description of the log phase of a bacterial growth curve? - answer
Populations double under optimum conditions
Through feedback inhibition a noncompetitive inhibitor of enzyme activity would... -
answer Bind to the allosteric site of the enzyme and stop the reaction
Yeast infections such as thrush are caused by what? - answer Candida albicans
The outer protein coat of a simple virus particle is called? - answer Capsid
In the disease cycle of animal viruses (Lysogenic), uncoating takes place between
which two stages? - answer Penetration and biosynthesis
What would be used to sterilize disposable prepackaged gloves? - answerGamma
Which type of hepatitis might you acquire by eating raw tomatoes or green onions at a
restaurant? - answerHepatitis A
The bacteria that causes meningitis usually attach and multiply in this area of the body -
answerUpper respiratory system
Helper T cells... - answerFunction in both humoral and cell-mediated immune function
activation
The function of chemical substances such as histamine and leukotrienes would be -
answerTo stimulate inflammation
A cell is said to be _______________ when its cell wall is permeable to foreign DNA -
answerCompetent
An enzyme that assembles free nucleotides to make a molecule of RNA is -
answerRNA polymerase
What do Rickettsias and Chlamydias have in common with viruses? - answerThey are
both obligated to live inside of a host cell
Who discovered penicillin? - answerAlexander Flemming
, What is the difference between fimbriae and pili? - answerPili is involved in bacterial
sex(conjugation), whereas fimbriae is just for attachment
New strains of the flu are made through _______________ _______________. -
answerAntigenic shifts
Prokaryotic ribosome subunits = - answer50 + 30 = 70
Eukaryotic ribosome subunits = - answer60 + 40 = 80
Fermenters - answerHomolactic, Alcohol, Ethanol
The prefix for fungi is - answerMyco-
could be used in the word Mycology (the study of fungi) or Mycoses (a fungi-related
disease)
Endotoxin - answerGram negative
Exotoxin - answerGram positive
Lytic - answerThe virus hijacks the cell and then destroys it
Lysogenic - answerThe virus integrates itself into the DNA and stays there indefinitely
What is the least effective antibiotic? - answerPenicillin
What does betalactimase do? - answerCreates resistance to penicillin
Chlamydia has _____________ bodies - answerelementary
Treatment for tetanus? - answerIf you have been vaccinated (DTaP) before exposure:
If you have not been vaccinated: Tetanus immune globulin
What is the leading cause of blindness? - answerTrachoma
What causes trachoma? - answerChlamydia
Varicella zoster aka - answerChicken pox
What bacteria causes cavities? - answerStreptococcus mutans
Bacteria use - answerCAPSULES
Where does transcription occur? - answerThe nucleus
Where does translation occur? - answerThe cytoplasm
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