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| name an organism that is considered a eukaryotic cellular microbe |
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| fungi, algae, protozoa and helminths |
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| Viruses lack the molecular machine that produces proteins in prokaryotes and eukaryotes |
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| We discussed a case study on childbed fever, which occurred in 1840- before the Germ Theory of Disease had been established. Which scientist is creditied with the development of aseptic techniques that are now used in clinical practice? |
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| Lister-Pasteur-Semmelweis |
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| Chemical bond occuring between molecules of water (and between two strands of DNA in a double helix) |
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| Macromolecule type that is a major component of cell membranes and is also used for energy storage |
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| Starch is an example of this type of macromolecule? |
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True or false
viruses are not considered to be alive because they are unicellular |
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false
viruses are not considered to be alive because they are acellular and cannot reproduce independently |
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| Staphyococcus Aureus is the correct way to write the genus and species name for this organism |
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False
Underline and itallics |
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True or false
prokaryotic cells are smaller and lack the organelles found in eukaryotic cells |
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true or false
Coffee has a pH of -5. This liquid is acidic becuase excess hydroxide
ions are released into the solution (if needed, your correction should be in the second sentence) |
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False
Coffee has a pH of -5. This liquid is acidic becuase excess hydrogenions are released into the solution |
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True or False
DNA is comprised of adenine, cytosine, guanine and uracil bases |
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False
RNA is comprised of adenine, cytosine, guanine and thymine |
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True or false
when magnification increases, resolution decreases |
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True or False
during chemotaxis, bacteria use their flagella to tumble toward an attractant |
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False
during chemotaxis, bacteria use their flagella to run toward an attractant |
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True or false
Fimbriae are only found on gram-negative bacteria create cytoplasmic bridges and are involved in conjugation |
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false
Sex pili are only found on gram-negative bacteria create cytoplasmic bridges and are involved in conjugation |
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true or false
gram-positive bacteria have a thin peptidoglycan wall and stain red. |
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false
gram-negative bacteria have a thin peptidoglycan wall and stain red. |
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| Name the five I's of how to culture and characterize microbes |
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inoculation
incubation
isolation
inspection
identification |
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| what is the name for a discrete group of microbes that have grown from a single organism on an agar plate? |
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| in lab last week you used tryptic soy agar and broth. What is the reason that TSA was the chosen media |
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| you are working in the lab with a media that contains heart extract. What type of media is this considered? |
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| there are three principles of good microscopy. Staining enhances______, which is one of these three prinicples |
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