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1
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Bacterial membrane lipid bonds

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Ester

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2
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Bacteria resistance to chloramphenicol

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Acetylation

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3
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Multiple flagella at each end of a bacterium

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Amphitrichous

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4
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Reverse transcription produces

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Complementary DNA

cDNA

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5
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Lowest infectious dose for human

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Francisella tulatensis

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6
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To stain an Endospore you use

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Malachite green

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7
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ATP is synthesised during fermentation by

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Oxidative phosphorylation

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8
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Alpha toxin from clostridium perfringens is a

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Cytolytic toxin

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9
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The protein not present in coccoid bacterial cells

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MreB

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10
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Group 1 virus in the Baltimore system

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DsDNA

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11
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Aminoglycoside phosphotransferase encode resistance to

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Kanamycin

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12
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Dipicolinic acid chelates

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Calcium

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13
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Parasporal insecticide is produced by

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Bacillus thuringiensis

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14
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Organic compounds as a carbon and energy source are used by

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Chemoheterotrophs

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15
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The formation of a heterokaryon is

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The cell firms containing nuclei with different genotypes

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16
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Natural bioluminescence of fungi is based on

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Luciferase production

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17
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Haustoria

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Portion of a parasitic fungus that penetrated host tissue to draw nutrients from it

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18
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Basidiospore discharge uses

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Sterigmata, hilar appendage, buller’s drop and vertical Gill plates

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19
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Fungi that form an intimate parasitic association with their hosts without killing them are

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Biotrophs

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20
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Linnaean classification is based on

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Morphology

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21
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Giardia, trachomonas, Entamoebe and microsporidia were once called

22
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Cercozoa are

23
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Excavates are grouped due to

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Sharing a well defined set of morphological features

24
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Archaeal membrane lipid bonds

25
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Chromoalveolates are united via

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Secondary endosymbiosis

26
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Unikonts

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Animals, fungi and amoebozoa

27
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Bikonts

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Chromalveolate
Rhizaria
Excavates
Plants

28
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Crystal violet stains

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Gram positive

29
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Component of Archaeal phospholipid

30
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DNA taken up by a competent cell that packs that DNA is called

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Transformation

31
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Two cells joined by a pilus and transferring a plasmid is

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Conjugation

32
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Fungi that lack a sexual stage

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Mitosporic fungi

33
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Dikaryotic fungi

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2 different and district nuclei

34
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Monokaryotic fungi

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Single nucleus

35
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Aconidial fungi

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No asexual spores

36
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Giardia, trichomonas, entamoeba and microsporidia were once

37
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Unikonts

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Animals, fungi, amoebozoa

38
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Bikonts

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Plants, excavates, rhizaria and chromalveolates

39
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Drug target in plasmodium

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Apicoplast

40
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Serial endosymbiosis theory relies on

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Cyanobacterial origin of mitochondria

41
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Convergent evolution

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Is independent evolution of the same featur from differenct ancestral condition

42
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Primal amoebic meningoencephalitis is caused by

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Naegleria fowleri

43
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Hydrogenosomes are an unusual version of

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Mitochondria

44
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Monomer of chitin

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N-acetyl glucosamine

45
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Auto tropism

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Plant organs tendency to grow straight

46
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Chemotropism

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Plants growing to chemical stimuli

47
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Galvanotropism

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Plants growing to electrical stimuli

48
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Thigmotropism

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Plants growing to touch

49
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Heterotrophy

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Deriving nutrient requirement from complex organic substance

50
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Edible field mushroom agaricus campestris is

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A basidiomycota

51
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Philades give rise to

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Conidiophores

52
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Fungal cell walls do not include

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Alpha glucans as they are part of the matrix

Microbiology (4 decks)

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