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1
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Chromosome number of prokaryotes

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One

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2
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With membrane-bound organelles

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Eukaryotes

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3
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Plants and algae component of cell wall

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Cellulose

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4
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Cell wall of archaebacteria is composed of

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Pseudopeptidoglycan

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5
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Motility structures of bacteria

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Flagella

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6
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Cell wall of fungi contains

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Chitin

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7
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Microorganisms without cell wall but with flexible membranes

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Protozoa

Helminths

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8
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Obligate intracellular but acellular parasites of plants with naked RNA; not medically important

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Viroids

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9
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Those with true nuclear membrane

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Eukaryotes

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10
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Gram +/- bacteria: has teichoic acids

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Gram positive

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11
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Gram +/- bacteria: periplasmic space

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Gram negative

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12
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Gram +/- bacteria: has thicker peptidoglycan layer(s)

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Gram positive

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13
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Steps and reagent for gram staining

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1: Primary stain - Crystal violet
2: Mordant - Iodine
3: Decolorize - Acetone/ alcohol
4: Counterstain - Safranin

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14
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All bacteria have cell walls made out of peptidoglycan except

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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15
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All gram+ bacteria have no endotoxin except

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Listeria monocytogenes

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16
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All bacteria capsules are composed of polysaccharide except

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Bacillus anthracis

17
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All exotoxins are heat-labile except

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Staphylococcal enterotoxin

18
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Examples of obligate aerobes

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Leptospira, Mycobacterium, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Pseudomonas, Nocardia, Bacillus cereus, Neisseria, Bordetella, Legionella and Brucella

19
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Examples of microaerophiles

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Campylobacter, Helicobacter, Streptococcus, Spirochetes (Borrelia, Treponema)

20
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Examples of facultative anaerobes

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Staphylococcus, Bacillus anthracis, Corynebacterium, Listeria, Mycoplasma (non-pneumoniae)

21
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Examples of Aerotolerant anaerobes

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Propionibacterium, Lactobacillus

22
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Examples of obligate anaerobes

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ABC - Actinimyces, Bacteroides, Clostridium

23
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Process when DNA is transferred from one bacterium to another

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Conjugation

Prokaryotes

24
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Process when DNA transferred by a virus from one cell to another

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Transduction

In prokaryotes

25
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Process when purified DNA is taken up by a cell

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Transformation

In prokaryotes and eukaryotes

26
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Cycles of bacterial transfuction (2)

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Lytic cycle and Lysogenic cycle

27
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Agent in the Griffith’s experiment

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Streptococcus pneumoniae

mouse

28
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Exo vs endotoxins: genes located in the plasmid or bacteriophage

29
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Exo vs endotoxins: low toxicity and antigenicity

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Endotoxins

30
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Exo vs endotoxins: meningococcemia

31
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Exo vs endotoxins: usually destroyed rapidly at 60C (except in Staph)

32
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Endotoxins are stable for 1 hour at which temperature?

Microbiology II (4 decks)

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