UNIT 2 CYTOPLASMIC STRUCTURES

Question 1

Site of protein synthesis

Answer 1

RIBOSOMES

Question 2

Carry genes that give the bacterium an advantage

Answer 2

PLASMIDS

Question 3

FULTON-SCHAEFFER
TECHNIQUE primary stain used is

Answer 3

malachite green

Question 4

FULTON-SCHAEFFER
TECHNIQUE counterstain used is

Answer 4

safranin

Question 5

Jumping genes”

Answer 5

TRANSPOSONS

Question 6

Spore: Anaerobic, oval,
subterminal

Answer 6

Clostridium

Question 7

ENDOSPORES Stained/Visualized by

Answer 7

Fulton-Schaeffer Method

Question 8

refer to the sedimentation rates (unit of time) during high speed
centrifugation

Answer 8

Svedberg units

Question 9

Replicate independently from the chromosome

Answer 9

PLASMIDS

Question 10

Multilayered, small, dormant asexual spores

Answer 10

ENDOSPORES

Question 11

Circular DNA elements

Answer 11

PLASMIDS

Question 12

Produced during harsh conditions:

Answer 12

ENDOSPORES

Question 13

Chromatin or nuclear body composed of a single circular DNA

Answer 13

NUCLEOID

Question 14

ENDOSPORES COMPOSITION

Answer 14

dipicolinic acid calcium complex

Question 15

Carry antibiotic resistance genes

Answer 15

Transposons

Question 16

Amorphous gel containing enzymes, granules,
inclusions, genome

Answer 16

CYTOPLASM

Question 17

Attached to a mesosome

Answer 17

NUCLEOID

Question 18

Spore: Aerobic, round,
central

Answer 18

Bacillus

Question 19

ENDOSPORES Medically Important Genera:

Answer 19

• Bacillus
• Clostridium

Question 20

Appear as free or attached to the cell membrane

Answer 20

RIBOSOMES

Question 21

DNA elements that are able to “jump” or transpose from
one chromosome or plasmid to another

Answer 21

TRANSPOSONS