Block B 2

Question 1

5 classes of proteobacteria

Answer 1

alpha
beta
delta
gamma
epsilon

Question 2

major lineage (phylum) of bacteria

Answer 2

proteobacteria

Question 3

6 major orders of alphaproteobacteria

Answer 3

rhizobiales
rickettsiales
rhodobacterales
rhodospirillales
caulodobacterales
spingomonadales

Question 4

shape of rickettsiales

Answer 4

small, coccoid or rod shaped

Question 5

what type of parasites are rickettsiales

Answer 5

obligate intracellular

Question 6

2 diseases that rickettsiales are causative of

Answer 6

typhus
rocky mountain spotted fever

Question 7

sphingomonadales sub bac.

Answer 7

micavibrio -the vampire bug
sphingomonas

Question 8

what type of bacteria is included with rhodobacterales

Answer 8

purple non sulfur bacteria
aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs
N fixing bacteria

Question 9

what is the largest and most metabolically diverse order

Answer 9

rhizobiales

Question 10

how many genera contain rhizobia

Answer 10

9

Question 11

what major order contains phototrophs, chemolithotrophs, symbionts, N fixing bacteria, and pathogens

Answer 11

rhizobiales

Question 12

6 major orders of betaproteobacteria

Answer 12

burkholderiales
hydrogenophilales
methylophilales
niesseriales
nitrosomonadales
rhodocyclales

Question 13

what major order of betaproteobacteria all grows aerobically

Answer 13

burkholderia

Question 14

what major order of betaproteobacteria grow best as photoheterotroph

Answer 14

rhodocyclus

Question 15

what produces a thick capsule and is important in wastewater treatment

Answer 15

zooglea

Question 16

what strain of meningococcus causes meningitis

Answer 16

neisseria meningitidis

Question 17

what shape is chromobacterium

Answer 17

rod shaped

Question 18

what is the pigment that some species of chromobacterium produce

Answer 18

violacein

Question 19

what eqn is very important in managing ammonia levels in waste water

Answer 19

nitrosomonas + nictrobacter = nitrification

Question 20

what is enteric bacteria

Answer 20

phylogenetic group within gammaproteobacteria

Question 21

what do enteric bacteria do with sugars

Answer 21

ferment sugars to a variety of end products

Question 22

what are the two broad categories that enteric bacteria are separated into

Answer 22

mixed acid fermenters
2,3-butanediol fermenters

Question 23

shape of e.coli

Answer 23

straight rods

Question 24

what group can escherichia and salmonella and shigella be categorised into

Answer 24

mixed acid fermenters

Question 25

what is salmonella usually categorised immunologically by

Answer 25

surface antigens

Question 26

applications of E.coli in biotechnology

Answer 26

recombinant proteins biofuels synthetic biology

Question 27

what temp does E.coli grow at

Answer 27

37 degrees

Question 28

doubling time of E.Coli

Answer 28

20 mins

Question 29

2 examples f butanediol fermenters

Answer 29

enterobacter klebsiella

Question 30

where is enterobacter found and what can it cause

Answer 30

water, sewage, IT tract of warm blooded animals UTI

Question 31

where is klebsiella found and what can it occasionally cause

Answer 31

soil and water pneumonia

Question 32

what can be said about oxidase and catalase qualities of pseudomonadales

Answer 32

both positive

Question 33

shape and oxidase properties of vibrionales

Answer 33

positive curved rods

Question 34

what does vibrio spp. do to cause diarrhea

Answer 34

adheres to gut wall and secretes a toxin

Question 35

how many A and B subunits make up vibrio spp.

Answer 35

1 A 5B

Question 36

4 stages leading to cholera

Answer 36

-B adheres to intestinal epithelial cell s -A translocated into host cell -activates adenylyl cyclase leading to ^ cAMP levels -leads to ion imbalance and diarrhea

Question 37

what can be said about sulphate and sulfur with delta and epsilonproteobacteria

Answer 37

reducers

Question 38

out of the following epsilonproteobacteria what is pathogenic campylobacter, sulfurospirillum, and helicobacter

Answer 38

campylobacter and helicobacter

Question 39

incubation period of campylobacter jejuni

Answer 39

1-11 days

Question 40

reservoir of campylobacter jejuni

Answer 40

GI tract of birds