UNIT#10 PROKARYOTES Flashcards
The primary stain used in gram staining is;
Crystal violet
Archaeobacteria lack in their structure/composition:
Peptidoglycan
The glycocalyx is made up of;
Polysaccharides
In Gram-negative bacteria, the outer membrane is made up of:
Lipoproteins
All are the characteristics of Gram-positive bacteria except:
➡The high content of peptidoglycan❌
➡High permeability ❌
➡Techeoic acid is present❌
➡Stain pink with primary dye✅
The cell envelope of a bacterium does not include:
Plasma Membrane
Some bacteria are resistant to phagocytosis due to the presence of;
Slime
Peptidoglycan or muerin is a special or distinctive feature of the cell wall in;
Bacteria
The cell wall structure of a cell is unknown origin was studied and was found to contain a polysaccharide chain linked with short chains of amino acid. What do you think it can be?
Bacteria
Find the characteristic true or Gram-positive bacteria.
Less lipids than Gram-ve
If lipopolysaccharide did not appear in the wall of bacteria on staining, then it will be known as;
Gram-positive
Respiratory enzymes n bacteria are present in/at:
Mesosomes
Dormant thick walled desiccation resistant body:
Cyst
Member of Kingdom Monera devoid of the cell wall is:
Mycoplasma
The bacterial plasma membrane is not involved in;
Maintenance of cell shape
Bacterial membranes differ from the eukaryotic membranes as they lack:
Cholesterol
What is not true about bacterial spores?
➡Produced during differentiation of vegetative cells✅
➡Are heat resistant ❌
➡Are desiccation resistant❌
➡May be exospores or endospores❌
Many bacteria are motile due to the presence of;
Flagella
Nucleoid is a structure not found in;
Goblet cells
____ is an invagination of cell membrane which helps in cell division.
Mesosomes
Students were asked to give a guess about a unicellular organism with a darkly stained nucleus. Which of the following can be straight away excluded from the list?
Lactobacillus
DNA of bacteria is present in;
Nucleoid
If one of the following components is missing, bacteria cannot increase the number of its plasmid copies?
Origin of replication
When tuft of the flagella is present at both the ends in the structure of bacterial cell then the condition is called;
Amphitrichous
Which of the following is divided by fission?
Bacteria
A bacterium which has a group of two or more flagella inserted at one pole of the cell?
Lophotrichous
The following are sexual reproduction methods for bacteria,:
Binary fission
Which of the following is true about the structure of a typical bacterium?
➡It has a cell wall
➡It has genetic material
➡It has cytoplasm
It is not true about archaea:
➡Inhibited by antibiotics✅
➡Introns are present in some genes❌
➡Peptidoglycan is absent in the cell wall❌
➡Branched carbon changes in membrane lipids❌
A similarity that can be present between flagella of bacteria and an animal cell:
Motility as function
Chances of ____ having flagella are rare;
Diplococcus
What is a false statement about pili?
➡It is made up of pilin protein❌
➡True pili present in gram-positive and negative bacteria✅
➡Crucial for conjugation❌
➡Means of attachment❌
Bacteria without flagella are called:
Atrichous
A bacteria with a single polar flagellum is;
Monotrichous
The bacterium with a tuft of flagella at one pole is called:
Lophotrichous
When a tuft of flagella is present at each pole of two in bacteria is called:
Amphitrichous
Many bacteria contain flagella for locomotion. When flagella surround the whole bacterial cell, this condition is called;
Peritrichous
Pili are made of a special protein called;
Pillin
Which of the following structures is present on Gram-negative bacteria only and is involved in conjugation?
Pili
The cell walls of archeobacteria do not contain:
Peptidoglycan
Which of the following is not found in all bacteria?
Capsule
Bacterial pathogenicity is due to;
Slime
Which of the following bacteria are stained purple
Gram-positive
Which is present in both gram-positive and gram-negative cell walls?
Peptidoglycan
Peptidoglycan is absent in:
Archeobacteria
Mesosomes are internal extensions of the;
Cell membrane
Name the structure involved in DNA replication;
Mesosomes
Mesosomes are infoldings of the cell membrane and are involved in;
DNA replication
Extrachromosomal rings of DNA in bacteria are;
Plasmid
Bacteria membranes differ from eukaryotic in lacking:
Cholesterol
The thick-walled, desiccation-resistant forms in bacteria are;
Cyst
Cyanobacteria have which of the following type of cell walls?
Gram Negative
In a bacterial cell, the plasma membrane with all things present within it is called:
Protoplast
Prokaron means before nucleus is the word of ____ language.
Greek
Microbiologists place bacteria in the following major categories:
➡Eubacteria
➡Archaeobacteria
Prokaryotic life is characterized by:
Absence of nuclear envelope
All of the following are characteristics of prokaryotic cells except:
They are usually found in Protists and Fungi
Which of the given structures of cyanobacteria has a functional resemblance with the chloroplast?
Chromatophore
What is the strengthening material of the prokaryotic cell wall?
➡Peptidoglycan
➡Murein
What is not a part of protoplasm?
Capsule of bacteria
Do the gram-positive bacteria appear in which colour under gram staining?
Purple
In prokaryotes, ____ are involved in respiration.
➡Mesosomes
➡Cell Membrane
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is an anti-biotic resistant “superbug” that can cause deadly infections in humans. What would these Gram-positive bacteria look like under a microscope
Purple spheres
The filamentous appendages called pili are present only on:
Gram-Negative Bacteria
The mode of reproduction for cyanobacteria is one of the following?
Binary Fission
Which of the following is found in bacterial cells, but not in mature red blood?
DNA
A bacterium with a tuft of flagella at both poles is called?
Amphitrichous
The most common waste material produced by bacteria is:
Lactic acid
Which of the following contains genes for drug and disease resistance in bacteria?
Plasmid
Archaeobacteria can survive at which of the following temperature?
120°C
Pilli is hollow appendages in bacteria that are used for:
Conjugation
Which of the following is not considered as basic shape of a bacterium
Filamentous
The cell wall is only absent in which of the following group of bacteria?
Mycoplasma
In what category of bacteria does Neisseria most likely fail?
Cocci
Which of the following structure is not present in all bacteria:
Capsule
Which of the following is not a method of genetic recombination in a bacterium?
Binary fission
Which of the following bacteria do not commonly have flagella?
Cocci
What allows bacteria to stain positively with gram stain?
The Bacteria’s thick peptidoglycan cell walls
The process of recombination in prokaryotes takes place in one o the following ways?
➡Transformation
➡Conjugation
➡Transduction
The flagella originate from which part of the cell?
Basal body
those bacteria which are fully dependent upon their host for nutrition are called?
Parasitic Bacteria
Flagella are basically compound of
Protein
Which of the following would not be found in a prokaryotic cell?
Mitochondria
Which of the following characteristics make plasmid DNA useful for researchers?
➡Readily incorporate cloned DNA
➡Capable of autonomous replication
➡Capable of being isolated from genomic DNA
Characteristic of prokaryotic cells?
➡Absence of membrane-bounded organelles
➡Absence of nucleus
➡Presenec of ribosomes
Which of the following would not be observed in a bacterial cell?
Golgi apparatus
The function of the cell wall in prokaryotes is;
➡To give cell rigidity
➡To give a specific shape
➡To protect from osmotic lysis
True bacteria are termed as;
Eubacteria
The presence of peptidoglycan in Gram-positive bacteria is;
50% dry weight
Which of the following is true for both bacterial conjugation and meiosis?
Both processes involve genetic recombination
A type of bacterial cell that completely surrounded by flagella is called;
Peritrichous
Which of the following is a heat-resistant organelle?
Spores
Which of the following is false about conjugation?
➡It forms a bridge between two bacteria cells❌
➡It involves the transport of genetic material via vectors✅
➡It is a form of sexual reproduction❌
For respiratory metabolism, the bacterial cell membrane contains:
Enzymes
What is the name of the region where double-stranded single circular DNA is found in the prokaryotic cell?
Nucleoid
What is true for pili and flagella-like structures of bacteria:
Both are composed of proteins
Which of the following structure provides greater pathogenicity to the bacteria?
Slime
The presence of which of these cell structures would confirm that the cell is prokaryotic?
Peptidoglycan cell wall
In prokaryotes cells, ribosomes are of;
The 70S
The cell wall of a bacterial cell is more permeable in:
Gram-positive bacteria
Which of the following is a form of asexual reproduction in prokaryotic cells?
Binary fission
The cell wall of archaea bacteria does not contain one of the following?
Peptidoglycan
Which of the following is most responsible for bacterial cell motility?
Flagella
Chromatin body in prokaryotes can also be termed as;
➡Nuclear body
➡Nuclear Region
➡Nucleoid
Cyanobacteria help in nitrogen fixation since they have:
Heterocyst
Heterocyst
Pilli
Periplasmic space is absent in:
Gram Negative bacteria
Which part of bacteria is most delicate and damage can kill bacterial cell immediately?
Cell Membrane
It occupies a position near the centre of the cell;
Nucleoid
Which is present in every bacterium;
Cell Membrane
Cyanobacteria are related to eukaryotes in having:
➡Photosystem I
➡Photosystem II
Spores are resistant to:
➡Antiboides
➡Environmental Stress
➡Disinfectants
Cyanobacteria move by:
➡Gas vesicles
➡Gliding motility
Purple non-sulphur is an example;
Photosynthetic bacteria
Which of the following type of bacterial replication is most similar to mitosis:
Binary Fission
An example of bacterial requiring a low concentration of oxygen is;
Campylobacter
Bacteria that live n the humus are ____.
Aerobic
Aerobic
Autotroph
All bacterial species have this organelle in common;
Ribosome
Aerobic bacteria release:
CO2
Bacteria without flagella are called:
Atrichous
E.coli is a:
➡Facultative
➡Anaeroibc
➡Gram negative
Which true prokaryote is a photosynthetic bacterium?
Cyanobacteria
The structure of prokaryote which is involved in the attachment:
Pili
Cyanobacteria undergo photosynthesis with help of:
Phycobilisome
The largest number of bacteria may be found in the arrangement called:
Streptococci
Vibrio cholera belongs to which category:
Spirochete
Syphilis is caused by a:
Spirochete
(Treponema Pallidum)
In which of the following shapes, gut living symbiont Escherichia coli is found?
Rod
(Gram-Negative)
The arrangement of coccus bacteria in the chain is called:
Streptococci
Rod-shaped bacteria are known as:
Bacilli
When the division of the cell is into two planes it will produce an arrangement having ____ cocci.
4
Largest bacteria among the followings:
Epulopsicium fishelsoni
Bacteria that are pleomorphic:
(Have no fixed shape)
Helicobacter pylori
The most ancient bacteria are:
Archaebacteria
The germ theory of Disease was formulated by:
Robert Koch
E.coli is a ____ bacteria.
Gram-ve
The smallest bacteria are:
Mycoplasma
Which of the following do not possess a cell wall?
Mycoplasma
Mycoplasma is about _____ in diameter.
10-200 nm
A square of 4 cocci is termed as:
Tetrad
A cube of 8 cocci is called:
Sarcina
Rod-shaped bacteria are called;
Bacilli
Bacterial arrangements having division in random planes are:
Staphylococcus
Which of the following are spiral-shaped bacteria?
Vibrio
Curved comma-shaped bacteria are called:
Vibrio
Streptobacillus is basically a:
Chain of bacilli
The several distinct arrangements of cocci is based on their:
Planes of division
In cocci, three plane division results in the formation of sarcina which is a:
Cube of 8 cocci
Division of cocci in three planes results in the formation of;
Sarcina
The size of the spirochete is approximate.
500 μm
Spiral-shaped bacteria are:
Vibrio
A huge microorganism, Acanthrus nigrofuscus is a _____ discovered in the intestine of brown surgeonfish.
Bacterium
A Group of 8 cocci bacteria is called:
Sarcina
Which o the following has a chain-like arrangement?
Streptococci
Which of the following bacteria possesses a spherical shape?
Staphylococcus aureus
Coccobaciluus has a shape similar to which the following?
Egg
Which has a spiral shape bacteria?
Spirochete
Which o the following bacteria is equal to the size of a hyphen?
Epulopiscium fishelsoni
Bacteria that live in the intestine and produce vitamin “K” belongs to;
Bacillus
(E.coli=Gram Negative)
Resistance against antibodies is mainly increasing because of;
Misuse of Antibiotics
A chemotherapeutic agent is/are:
Antibiotics
Bacteria present in canned foods are:
Clostridium botulinum
Antibiotics and hormones can be sterilized by using:
Membrane filtration
What is true about antibiotics?
Can also be synthesized in the laboratory
Treatment by using attenuated culture of bacteria is called:
Vaccination
Which one of the following antibiotics causes permanent discolouration of teeth in young children if it is misused?
Tetracycline
Antibiotics interfere with some aspects of the growth or metabolism of the target organism such as:
➡Synthesis of bacterial walls
➡Plasma membrane function
➡Protein synthesis
➡Enzyme action
Select the method which causes the oxidation of chemical constituents of a bacterial cell;
Dry heat
Which of the following can have a microbicidal effect?
➡Alcohol
➡Formaldehyde
➡Antibiotics
_____ are in general used for the sterilization process.
Gamma Rays
All of the following can be sterilized by membrane filters except:
Flasks