Questions - Misc 01

Question 1

What is a way to identify bacteria?

Answer 1

Through stereotyping

Question 2

What will tell you which antibiotic a bacteria is susceptible to?

Answer 2

An anti-biogram

Question 3

What color will lactose positive bacteria change the pH indicator?

Answer 3

Yellow. Lactose negative will not change the indicator (non-fermenter)

Question 4

What is the acronym for the taxonomy of bacteria?

Answer 4

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domain
kingdom
phylum
class
order
family
genus
species

Question 5

Which bacteria has a spirochete structure?

Answer 5

Syphilis

Question 6

What does horizontal gene transfer mean?

Answer 6

Instead of mother to offspring it is going to transfer from cell to cell even though the cell is not the offspring

Question 7

What are the two names for the outer polysaccharide layer?

Answer 7

Capsule and slime layer

Question 8

What is the target of penicillins?

Answer 8

Peptidoglycan synthesis

Question 9

Which cell wall has a thick peptidoglycan and which one has a thin one?

Answer 9

Thick - gram-positive

Thin - gram-negative

Question 10

Which cell wall has two membranes, an inner one and an outer one?

Answer 10

Gram-negative

Question 11

Which cell wall has Teichoic acid?

Answer 11

Gram-positive

Question 12

Which cell wall has lipopolysaccharide (LPS)

Answer 12

Gram-negative

Question 13

What are the functions of the cytoplasmic membrane?

Answer 13

Nutrient uptake and transport and electron transport to create energy for itself

Question 14

Which three characteristics are present in the gram-negative cell wall that are not present in the gram-positive?

Answer 14

Porin proteins
Lypopolysaccharide
Phospholipids

Question 15

What is another name for lipoplysaccharide (LPS)?

Answer 15

Endotoxin

Question 16

Which cell walls have a periplasmic space?

Answer 16

Gram-negative

Question 17

What are organisms that cause spoilage of food called?

Answer 17

psychrophiles

Question 18

Which temperature classification are the pathogens that cause disease to humans?

Answer 18

Mesophiles

Question 19

What are the two enzymes that allow certain bacteria to detoxify oxygen radicals?

Answer 19

Superoxide dismutase

Catalase

Question 20

During which phrase do you figure out what the generational time of a bacteria is?

Answer 20

Exponential growth phase