Unit 2 Ch 7 - Molecular Biology of Microbial Growth

Question 1

Antibiotic

Answer 1

an antimicrobial agent naturally produced by microorganisms

Question 2

FtsZ

Answer 2

a protein that forms a ring at the future site of septum formation in a prokaryotic cell

Question 3

Green fluorescent protein (GFP)

Answer 3

a protein that fluoresces green and is widely used in genetic analysis

Question 4

Heterocysts

Answer 4

specialized cells dedicated to nitrogen fixation

Question 5

Persistence

Answer 5

a dormant growth state in which a few members of a genetically identical population are transiently tolerant to multiple antibiotics

Question 6

Reporter gene

Answer 6

a gene whose product is easy to assay or detect

Question 7

Super-resolution microscopy

Answer 7

a form of light microscopy that employs special fluorescent molecules to resolve structures as small as 10-50nm

Question 8

Toxin-antitoxin module

Answer 8

a genetic locus encoding a toxin that inhibits growth and an antitoxin that neutralized the activity of the toxin