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MMICRO-101
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Microbiology
Undergraduate 2
09/14/2021

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Term
Substrates bind to ___________.
Definition
active sites
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What is the end product of Krebs's cycle?
Definition
oxaloacetate
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How many NADH are made in glycolysis?
Definition
2
Term
How many ATP are made in the energy payoff phase of glycolysis?
Definition
4
Term
How many ATPs is each NADH worth?
Definition
3
Term
Most ATP generated during the cellular respiration of glucose is made by
Definition
oxidative phosphorylation
Term
Which of the following is not a subfield of microbiology?
Definition
botany
Term
Which of the following is acellular?
Definition
virus
Term
Which of the following is the standard resource for identifying bacteria?
Definition
Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology
Term
Who was the first to observe “animalcules” under the microscope?
Definition
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Term
__________ are unicellular eukaryotes that are not plants, animals, or fungus.
Definition
Protist
Term
_______ are unicellular prokaryotes that DO NOT have peptidoglycan in their makeup
Definition
archaea
Term
A____________ microscope has two or more lenses.
Definition
compound
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What does amplitude measure?
Definition
height of a wave
Term
Refraction occurs when light waves change ____________ as they enter a new medium.
Definition
direction
Term
Which microscope increases contrast without staining by producing a bright image on a darker background?
Definition
darkfield microscope
Term
What color do spores stain after performing a spore stain procedure?
Definition
green
Term
Which of the following individuals is credited for definitively refuting the theory of spontaneous generation using broth in swan-neck flask?
Definition
Louis Pasteur
Term
Which of the following developed a set of postulates for determining whether a particular disease is caused by a particular pathogen?
Definition
Robert Koch
Term
Which of the following terms refers to a prokaryotic cell that is comma-shaped?
Definition
vibrio
Term
Which of the following cell wall components is unique to gram-positive cells?
Definition
teichoic acid
Term
Where does protein modification (such as sugar addition) occur?
Definition
golgi
Term
[image]
Definition
A: Fimbriae
B: Ribosome
C: Nucleoid
D: Flagellum
E: Cell Wall
F: Plasma Membrane
Term
Which of the following refers to the type of interaction between two prokaryotic populations in which both populations benefit?
Definition
mutualism
Term
Which of the following describes Proteobacteria in domain Bacteria?
Definition
phylum
Term
Which of the following bacteria are the most prevalent in the human gut and is a metric of overall gut health?
Definition
bacteroides
Term
What disease does Plasmodium falciparum cause?
Definition
malaria
Term
Which parasitic helminth has been nearly eradicated by strong efforts of WHO and former U. S. president Jimmy Carter?
Definition
Guinea worm
Term
What is the most basic unit of viruses? (What is the minimum they are made of?)
Definition
genetic material and capsid coat
Term
What do we call viruses that infect bacteria?
Definition
bacteriophages
Term
[image]
Definition
A: Capsid
B: Viral genome
C: Sheath
D: Tail fibers
Term
____________ occurs when a bacteriophage transfers bacterial DNA from one bacterium to another during sequential infections.
Definition
"Transduction"
Term
Which of the following is an enzyme that HIV brings into the cell it is infecting?
Definition
reverse transcriptase
Term
Which of the following tests for the presence of active viruses?
Definition
CPE
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