Diversity of Microorganisms Summary Pages

Question 1

Which organisms use light as their energy source?

Answer 1

Photoautotrophs and photoheterotrophs

Question 2

What do photoautotrophs use as their carbon source?

Answer 2

Carbon dioxide

Question 3

What do photoheterotrophs use as their carbon source?

Answer 3

Organic compounds

Question 4

What do chemoautotrophs use as their carbon source?

Answer 4

Carbon dioxide

Question 5

What do chemoheterotrophs use as their carbon source?

Answer 5

Organic compounds

Question 6

Which two microbes are part of the prokaryotes?

Answer 6

Bacteria and archaea

Question 7

Which three microbes are part of the eukaryotes?

Answer 7

Fungi, protozoa and algae

Question 8

What is the cell wall in bacteria made of?

Answer 8

Peptidoglycan

Question 9

What is the cell wall in archaea made of?

Answer 9

Pseudomuein

Question 10

What is the cell wall in fungi made of?

Answer 10

Chitin

Question 11

What is the cell wall in protozoa made of?

Answer 11

There is none honeyyy

Question 12

What is the cell wall in algae made of?

Answer 12

Cellulose

Question 13

Are histones present in all microbes?

Answer 13

All but bacteria

Question 14

Which microbes have 70S ribosomes?

Answer 14

Archaea, bacteria

Question 15

Which microbes have 80S ribosomes?

Answer 15

Fungi, algae and protozoa