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,CHAPTER 1: Microbial Life: Origin and Discovery
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2. Analysis of DNA sequences reveals:
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a. the ancient convergence of two cell types, i.e., prokaryotes and eu
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e. the genome of Haemophilus influenzae has about 2 billion base pair
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c. archaea
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4. A microbe is commonly defined as:
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a. a virus that requires a microscope to be seen
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5. Which one of the following statements regarding microbial cells is NOT true?
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a. Microbial cells acquire food, gain energy to build themselves, and resp
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bacterial cells are large enough to be seen with naked eyes.
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d. Many microbes form complex multicellular assemblages.
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6. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
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d. Fred Sanger developed the first applicable DNA sequencing method.
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e. Fred Sanger completed the sequences of Haemophilus influenzae.
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7. The first cellular genomes to be sequenced were those of:
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a. humans d. prions
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c. viruses
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8. The environment of early Earth may have contained all of the following EXCEPT:
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9. The development of the theory of the ―RNA world‖ resulted from the discovery of:
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a. archaea d. ribozymes
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10. Which microbes may resemble those of the earliest life forms?
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11. Early metabolism may have been catalyzed by:
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