Final Exam Flashcards
What best describes a symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit?
mutualism
Which of the following bacteria do NOT have a cell well?
mycoplasmas
Prokaryotic cells that move in response to nutrient levels are said to display
chemotaxis
Which of the following contains DNA or RNA but not both?
Viruses
An obligate halophile requires high
salt
In a chemical reaction, enzymes ___ the activation energy and ___ the reaction rate.
lower; increase
Which of the following is a direct counting method?
viable plate count
Psychrotrophs would be expected to grow
at refrigeration temperatures
Which of the following is NOT a bacterial shape or arrangement?
bacilli in chains
Which bactereial structure is primarily responsible for preventing bacteria from being destroyed by the hosts immune cells?
capsule
The initial step in the process of many bacterial infections is adhereence of the microbe to mucous membranes. The bacterial component that mediates adhereence is the
pilus
Plasma membranes are composed principally of
protein and phospholipid
Which type of organism gets energy from breaking down organic molecules and uses sugars as a carbon source?
chemoheterotroph
The difference between simple diffusion and facilitated diffusion is that simple ediffusion
does not require a protein
The breakdown of a protein into its building blocks (amino acids) is
catabolic and exergonic
Which of the following can be determined using simple stains?
size, shape and cellular arrangement
Microbes that primarily infect the lungs are likely to be classifed as
obligate aerobes
Certain antibiotics, such as streptomycin, inhibit bacterial protein synthesis by targeting the
70s ribosome
What is the difference between spirilla and spirochetes?
spirilla are rigid with external flagella; spirochetes are flexible with internal flagella
Helicobater pylori is a bacterial pathogen known to cause gastric ulcers and stomach cancer in humans. Which term best describes H. pylori?
mesophilic acidophile
Abiogenesis refers to the
spontaneous generation of organisms from nonliving matter
Lysozyme in tears is an effective mechanism for precenting bacterial conjunctivitis (pink eye), Which bacterial structure does lysozyme degrade?
peptidoglycan
Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding mitochondria?
mitochondria are not found in plant cells
What enables competitive inhibitors to bind to a specific enzyme?
competitive inhibitors have structures that resemble the enzyme’s substrate