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Exam3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Clostridium perfringens | Gangrene |
| Bordetella pertussis | Whooping cough |
| Herpes simplex virus | Blisters on skin |
| Salmonella typhimurium | Typhoid Fever |
| Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy | Mad cow disease |
| Penicillium roqueforti | Blue Cheese |
| Human papillomavirus (HPV) | Viral STD |
| Yersinia pestis | Black plague |
| Plasmodium falciparum | Malaria |
| Mycobacterium leprae | Leprosy |
| Malassezia furfur | Dandruff |
| Agrobacterium tumefaciens | Plant cancer |
| Borrelia burgdorferi | Lyme disease |
| Bartonella henselae | Cat scratch fever |
| Saccharomyces cerevisiae | Bread & Cheese |
| Alexandrium tamarense | Red tide |
| Treponema pallidum | Syphilis |
| Candida albicans | Thrush |
| Rickettsia rickettsii | Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever |
| TSE of humans | Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) |
| Rhinoviridiae | Common cold |
| Helicobacter pylori | Ulcer |
| Taenia solium | Tape worm |
| Streptococcus mutans | Cavity |
| Giardia lamblia | Beaver Fever |
| Corynebacterium diphtheriae | Diphtheria |
| Epstein-Barr Virus | Mononucleosis |
| Dirofilaria immitis | Heartworm |
| Trichophyton mentagrophytes | Athlete's foot |
| Escherichia coli | Strain O157:57 food poisoninig |
| Varicella | Chicken pox |
| Propionibacterium acnes | Pimple |
| Orthomyxoviridae | Influenza |
| Plasmodium falciparum? | Protozoa |
| Ancylostoma canium? | Helminth |
| Legionella pneumophilia? | Bacteria |
| Cryptosporidium spp.? | protozoa |
| Ovine Spongiform Encephalopathy? | Prion |
| Neisseria gonorrhoeae? | Bacteria |
| Histoplasma capulatum? | Fungus |
| Clostridium botulinum? | Bacteria |
| Trypanosoma cruzi? | Protozoa |
| Penicillium chrysogenium? | fungus |
| Lactococcus lactis? | Bacteria |
| Ebolavirus | Virus |
| Which of there following microbes would be classified in the domain Archea? | Thermus aquaticus |
| The two domains of prokaryotes are | Bacteria and Archaea |
| Which of the following is the correct order in the taxonomic hierarchy from broadest to MOST specific? | kingdom--phylum--class--order--family--genus--species |
| You discover a unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus and peptidoglycan. You suspect the organism is in the group | Archaea |
| Which of the following characteristics yes indicates that two organisms are closely related? | their DNA can hybridize together |
| Into which group would you place a unicellular organism that has 70s ribosomes and a peptidoglycan cell wall? | Bacteria |
| A biochemical test, in the microbiology world, is used to determine | capability of a microbe to perform a specific enzymatic activity |
| Which one of the following do NOT apply to eukaryotic cells? | they have mitochondria |
| the DNA base composition of microbe A was found to be higher in G+C content than microbe B. Based on this information you can conclude | the DNA of microbe A has a higher melting point then microbe B |
| Phage typing is based on the fact that | bacterial viruses (bacteriophages) attack only members of a specific species |
| Yeast reproduce asexually by | budding |
| Which of the following statements about fungi is FALSE? | Fungi have cell walls made of peptidoglycan |
| A lichen is what two organism? Fungi and | Fungi and algae |
| Which of the following statements is FALSE? | Molds are facultative anaerobes while yeasts are only obligate aerobes |
| Protozoa are grouped into phyla | according to their type of locomotion |
| The feeding or growing stage of a protozoan is called the | trophozoite |
| Two phyla of parasitic helminths are | Platyhelminthes and Nemotoda |
| The larva of lung flukes live for a short time inside crayfish, therefore the crayfish is a(n) | intermediate host |
| A definitive host harbors which stage of a parasite? | adult |
| What term refers to fungal infections deep within the body? | systemic mycoses |
| Which of the following statements about viruses is FALSE? | Viruses use their own catabolic enzymes. |
| The enzyme that uses viral RNA as a template to produce complementary double-stranded DNA and is found in retroviruses (HIV for example) is | reverse transcriptase |
| Which of the following is NOT a method of culturing viruses? | on nutrient agar |
| Capsomeres are protein subunits in viruses that form the | capsid |
| Some viruses, such as human herpersvirus 1, infect a cell without causing symptoms. These are called | latent viruses |
| A virus's ability to infect an animal cell depends primarily upon the | presence of receptor sites on the cell membrane |
| A prion can best be described as a(n) | infectious protein |
| What characteristics of mitochondria are used to support the endosymbiotic theory of eukaryotic evolution? | a, b, & c |
| Bergey's Manual is the standard reference for identifying and classifying | prokaryotes |
| Oncogenic viruses | are linked to cancer and cause tumors to develop |
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