This quiz focuses on key microbiological concepts including bacterial cell wall components, growth conditions, and temperature preferences of different bacteria.
Gram negative bacteria
Gram positive bacteria
Acid fast bacteria
Protoplasts
Protoplasts
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Aerobe
Anaerobe
Facultative anaerobe
Microaerophile
Capnophile
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The depletion of nutrients
The depletion of oxygen
The excretion of biochemical pollutants
The excretion of organic acids
The decrease in temperature of the culture
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Extremophile
Thermophile
Psychrophile
Facultative psychrophile
Thermoduric
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Halophile
Mesophile
Anaerobe
Psychrophile
Capnophile
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Are specific bacterial cell wall lipids
Can stimulate fever in the human body
Can cause shock in the human body
Are involved in typhoid fever and some meningitis cases
Are found in acid fast bacterial cell wals
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Element
Macronutrient
Water
Growth factor
Trace element
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Catabolism
Redox reactions
Phosphorylation
Metabolism
Cellular respiration
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Size of the periplasmic space
Similarities of cell membrane proteins
Size of the bacterial chromosome
Nitrogen base sequence of rRNA
Size of the ribosomes
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Be in a hypotonic solution
Gain water
Be in a isotonic solution
Shrivel
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Gracillucates
Firmicutes
Actinobacteria
Archaea
Spirochaetes
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Histones
Amino acids
Nucleotides
MRNA
Polymerases
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Nitrate
Oxygen
Sulfate
Nitrite
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Gram's iodine, crystal violet, alcohol, safranin
Crystal violet, safranin, alcohol, safranin
Safranin, crystal violet, Gram's iodine, alcohol
Alcohol, crystal violet, safranin, Gram's iodine
Gram negative
Gram positive
Archaea
Spheroplast
Acid fast
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Uses CO2 for its carbon source
Must obtain organic compounds for its carbon needs
Gets energy from sunlight
Gets energy by oxidizing chemical compounds
Does not need a carbon source
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Is located in the cell membrane
Contains all the cell's plasmids
Is part of the nucleios
Forms a single linear strand of DNA
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Lag phase
Log phase
Stationary phase
Death phase
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Parasitic
Saprobic
Commensal
Mutualistic
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Promoter
Operator
Operon
Exon
Intron
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Protein
Nucleotide
Amino acid
Purine
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Amphitrichous
Atrichous
Lophotrichous
Monotrichous
Peritrichous
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Saprobes
Parasites
Autotrophs
Lithoautotrophs
Phototrophs
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Grows best in an anaerobic jar
Grows with or without oxygen
Needs normal atmospheric levels of oxygen
Requires a small amount of oxygen but won't grow at normal atmospheric levels
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It is a type of glycocalyx
It can be easily washed off the cell
It protects the cell from loss of water and nutrients
It plays a role in cell motility
It allows cells to participate in biofilms
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Ribosomes - protein synthesis
Inclusions - excess cell nutrients and materials
Plasmids - genes essential for growth and metabolism
Nucleoid - hereditary material
Cytoplasm - dense, gelatinous solution
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Anabolism
Catabolism
Phosphorylation
Fermentation
Biosynthesis
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A chromosome
Fimbriae
Endospores
Capsules
Flagella
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Promoter
Operator
Operon
Exon
Intron
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Lophotrichous
Peritrichous
Monotrichous
Amphitrichous
Spirilla
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Facilitated diffusion
Diffusion
Active transport
Osmosis
Endocytosis
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Lag phase
Log phase
Stationary phase
Death phase
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Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
High salt
Temperatures above 37*C
High acidity
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Inclusions
Fimbriae
Capsule
Slime layer
Outer membrane of gram negative cell walls
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Crystal violet
Safranin
Alcohol
Water
Iodine
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Acid pools
Fresh water ponds
Hot geyser springs
Arid, desert soil
Salt lakes
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4
5
6
12
Impossible to determine
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Form pairs by hydrogen bonding
Guanine pairs with uracil
Adenine pairs with thymine
Cytosine and thymine are pyrimidines
Allows variation from one nucleotide to another which creates the encoded information
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Pyruvic acid
Oxygen
Nitrate
Cytochrome c.
FAD
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Ribosomes
Capsules
Plasmids
Inclusions
Mesosomes
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Flagella
Cilia
Fimbriae
Periplasmic flagella (axial filaments)
Sex pili
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Material would not be able to cross the cell membrane
Protein synthesis would stop
Destruction of the cell's DNA
Formation of glycogen inclusions
Loss of capsule
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Cell walls
Cell membranes
Capsules
Slime layers
Inclusions
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Uses CO2 for its carbon source
Must obtain organic compounds for its carbon needs
Gets energy from sunlight
Gets energy by oxidizing chemical compounds
Does not need a carbon source
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Exoenzymes
Endoenzymes
Constitutive enzymes
Induced enzymes
Conjugated enzymes
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Facilitated diffusion
Diffusion
Active transport
Osmosis
Endocytosis
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Flagella
Cilia
Fimbriae
Periplasmic flagella
Option 5
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Mitosis
Replication
Transcription
Translation
Mutation
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