Ch2 Flashcards

(29 cards)

1
Q

What other synonyms for peptidoglycan?

A

Murien
Mucopeptide

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2
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Peptidoglycan allows the cell to withstand high osmotic pressure, true or false?

A

False
low

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3
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Endotoxins are actively secreted from

A

Bacteria

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4
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The symptoms caused by the endotoxin is different from each other while the severity is the same
True or false?

A

Same / different

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5
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Symptoms caused by exotoxins are different
True / false?

A

True

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6
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members of the genus Neisseria, have an outer lipooligosaccharide (LOS) containing very few repeating units of sugars.

A

True

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7
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What are two distinct areas in cytoplasm?

A

1 amorphous matrix
2 inner

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8
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Hat

What is volutin?

A

Reserve of high energy stored in the form of polymerized metaphosphate

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9
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Which granules are known as metachromatic granules?

A

Volutin

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10
Q

Metachromatic granules are a characteristic feature of which bacteria?

A

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

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11
Q

Borrelia burgdorferi is:
A bacilli
B Cocci
C Spirochetes
D None of the above

A

C

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12
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What disease does Borrelia burgdorferi cause?

A

Lyme disease

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13
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Bacterial DNA has no exons True or false

A

False
It has no introns 

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14
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Plasmids occur in:
A. Gram-negative bacteria
B. Gram-positive bacteria
C. A+B
D. none of the above

A

C

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15
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What are two types of plasmid?

A

Transmissible
Nontransmissible

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16
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What is the weight for transmissible plasmids?

A

40-100 million

17
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What is the molecular weight for nontransmissible plasmids

18
Q

How many copies of transmissible plasmids are presented in one cell?

19
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How many copies of nontransmissible plasmids are presented in one cell?

20
Q

Bacteriocins are:
A. Lipid
B. carbohydrate
C. protein

21
Q

How many different serotype of streptococcus pneumonia?

22
Q

What is quellung reaction?

23
Q

What is chemotaxis?

A

orientation or movement of an organism or cell in relation to chemical agents.

24
Q

What is the subunit of flagella?

A

Is composed of many subunits of a single protein flagellin allegedly

25
How do spirochetes move?
By using a flagellum-Like called axial filament
26
Mini rods have flagella but most cocci don’t
27
What’s the movement of axial filament called?
Undulating
28
Pili is hair like filaments Flagella is whiplike appendages
29
What are the important role of pili in bacteria
They mediated attachment of bacteria to specific receptors on the human cell surface