Chapter 5 pt 2 Flashcards

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1
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Viruses are only ___________________ they are only able to reproduce within cells

A

Obligate intracellular parasite

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2
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A virus must bind to a specific receptor on the surface as the 1st step of _____________

A

Infection

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3
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The _______ cycle is an efficient way for a virus to rapidly increase its numbers

A

Lytic

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4
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In the __________ cycle, the prophage gets reproduce everytime the cells gets reproduce & the prologue later gets activated & enters the lytic cycle

A

Lysogenic

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5
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Transduction

A

When the presence of new DNA codes for a trait that the newly infected host did not previously have

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6
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Productive cycle

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Is similar to the lytic cycle but doesn’t destroy the host cell (since the virus exits by budding through the host cell membrane)

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7
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In the animal virus Lysogenic cycle the dormant form of the viral genome is called a _____________

A

Provirus

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8
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+ RNA Viruses

A

Must encode RNA - dependent RNA poly

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9
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A piece of single stranded viral RNA which serves as mRNA is called _____________ & as soon as the _____________ genome is in the host cell, the host ribosome begins to translate it which creates a viral protein (the viral genome acts directly as mRNA )

A

+ RNA

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10
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  • RNA Viruses
A

Must carry RNA dependent RNA poy ( & encode it too)

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11
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The genome of - RNA virus is ________________ to the piece of RNA that encodes viral proteins (the genome of a L - ) RNA virus is the template for viral mRNA production)

A

Complementary

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12
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Retroviruses must encode ______________

A

Reverse transcriptase

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13
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_________________ make DNA from RNA through the enzyme reverse transcriptase

A

Retrovirsues (ex. HIV)

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14
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________________ DNA viruses often encode enzymes required for dNTP synthesis & DNA replication involved in DNA synthesis

A

Double-stranded DNA

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15
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_________ are responsible for a class of diseases in mammals referred to as the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs)

A

Prions

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16
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________ disease can also be genetically linked through mutation in the gene that codes for the ________ protein

A

Prion

17
Q

___________ are also sub particle viruses that affect plants

A

Viroids

18
Q

______________ are found in prokaryotic cells & ____________ is a circular piece of double-stranded DNA which is smaller than the genome

A

Plasmid (referred to as extrachromosomal genetic elements)

19
Q

The enzyme lysozyme destroys the peptidoglycan in the bacterial cell wall resulting in an osomatically fragile structure called a _______________

A

Protoplast

20
Q

Some bacteria contain the ____________ which makes bacteria more difficult for immune system cells to eradicate

A

Capsule

21
Q

A bacterium that has 1 or more flagella is __________

A

Motile

22
Q

Monotrichous bacteria

A

Have a flagella at only one end

23
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Amphitrichous bacteria

A

Have a flagellum at both ends

24
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Peritrichous bacteria

A

have multiple flagella

25
Q

Mesophiles

A

Are bacteria that favor mild temp (30C)

26
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Thermophiles

A

Bacteria that can survive at high temp up to 100C

27
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Psychrophiles

A

Bacteria that thrive at very low temp

28
Q

Bacterial lawn

A

Dense growth of bacteria on a petri dish & a plaque is a clear area on the lawn

29
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Auxotroph bacteria

A

A bacterium that can’t survive on a minimal medium & need a lot of it on there

30
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Tolerant anaerobes

A

Can grow in the presence or absence of oxygen but don’t use it in their metabolism

31
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Obligate anaerobes

A

Are poisoned by oxygen

32
Q

_____________ is glucose catabolism with an inorganic electron acceptor such as oxygen

A

Respiration

33
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______________ is glucose catabolism which doesn’t use an electron acceptor such as O2

A

Fermentation

34
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Anaerobic respiration

A

Glucose metabolism with electron transport & oxidative phosphorylation relying on an external acceptor other than O2

35
Q

In conjugation, bacteria that have F factor are __________ & will transfer the F factor to female cells

A

Male (F+)

36
Q

Bacteria that don’t contain the F factor are __________ & will receive the F factor from male cells to become male

A

Female (F-)

37
Q

Conjugation occurs between ______ & ______

A

F+ & F-

38
Q

When an ______ cell performs conjugation replication of the F factor DNA occurs as in F + cells with the extrachromosomal F factor

A

Hfr