Lecture 4

Question 1

What are the symptoms of bacterial tuberculosis? (the PowerPoint gives you the answer within the picture)

Question 2

Which statement describes dental caries

Question 3

How are dental caries prevented in humans?

Question 4

Which bacterial species causes gonorrhea and which age group of humans is it most often diagnosed? (look to the graph on the PowerPoint for the answer)

Question 5

Gonorrhea is transmitted through sexual intercourse or bodily fluids and it infects the throat, urethra, cervix, or rectum and can spread to the eyes and internal organs causing conjunctivitis and arthritic meningitis. In women it causes pelvic inflammatory disease and the _____________ become scarred and blocked.

Question 6

Which bacteria causes syphilis?

Question 7

How can one contract syphilis?

Question 8

How many stages of syphilis exist

Question 9

Which statement describes the last stage symptoms of syphilis?

Question 10

What does it mean that chlamydia has viral and bacterial characteristics?

Question 11

Which statement describes how one contracts chlamydia or describes its later-stage symptoms?

Question 12

There are many beneficial prokaryotes within our environment. Which of these statements describes a way bacteria can be environmentally useful?

Question 13

Many bacterial species can have mutualistic relationships with plant or animal species. Which of these statements describe an example discussed in class?

Question 14

Many bacterial species can have communalistic relationships with plant or animal species. Which of these statements describe an example discussed in class?

Question 15

According to the video How Bacteria Rule over Your Body – The Microbiome, which statement does not describe the categories of “guests” we have consistently within our bodies?

Question 16

According to the video How Bacteria Rule over Your Body – The Microbiome, about how many species of gut bacteria do we contain? How are they beneficial?

Question 17

According to the video How Bacteria Rule over Your Body – The Microbiome, how has it been hypothesized our gut bacteria can communicate with our brains?

Question 18

According to the video How Bacteria Rule over Your Body – The Microbiome, how can one decide what type of microbiome to grow within your gut (as you get older)?

Question 19

Bacteria can be used to complete bioremediation. What is bioremediation?

Question 20

What are pseudomonads?

Question 21

How can bacteria be used as biofactories?

Question 22

What is a superbug

Question 23

According to the video The Decreasing Effectiveness of Antibiotics, why are antibiotics the only class of drugs that the more we use, the more rapidly we lose their effectiveness against pathogenic bacteria?

Question 24

According to the video How Industrial Farming Techniques Can Breed Superbugs, what type of farming technique is considered a fertile breeding ground for disease? Instead of fixing these systems, what do they add instead?

Question 25

According to the video The Antibiotic Apocalypse Explained, how do antibiotic destroy bacteria?

Question 26

According to the video The Antibiotic Apocalypse Explained, by pure random chances, which statement describes a way some bacteria can become resistant to antibiotics?

Question 27

According to the video The Antibiotic Apocalypse Explained, which statement describes a way bacteria spreads immunity?