Unit 3 - Microbial Biochemistry

Question 1

ATP

Answer 1

Adenosine triphosphate, a molecule that carries energy in a cell

Question 2

Bacteriocin

Answer 2

A protein produced by some bacteria that kills other bacteria

Question 3

Compound

Answer 3

A mixture of two more more different molecules

Question 4

Decomposition reaction

Answer 4

The breakdown of a larger molecule into smaller components

Question 5

Enzyme

Answer 5

A protein molecule that binds specifically to another molecule (the substrate), thus cause lung a reaction to occur

Question 6

Inorganic compound

Answer 6

Simple molecules that are not used in complex reactions; inorganic compounds do not normally contain carbon

Question 7

Medium

Answer 7

A solution containing components that will sustain the growth of microbes

Question 8

Organic compound

Answer 8

A substances containing carbon atoms in complex molecules

Question 9

pH

Answer 9

A measure of the amount of H

Question 10

Sterol

Answer 10

An important plasma membrane lipid constituent of mycoplasmas

Question 11

Synthesis reaction

Answer 11

The combination of two or more molecules to make a new molecule