new info PPQ

Question 1

what is the Koji process

Answer 1

solid state fermentation

Question 2

gram -ve bacteria have a

Answer 2

outer membrane

Question 3

difference between transformation and transduction

Answer 3

in transformation the recent bacteria takes up extracellular donor DNA whereas in transduction donor DNA is packaged in a bacteriophage and injected into recipient bacteria

Question 4

Opisthokonts

Answer 4

include animals and fungi and have a single posterior fungi

Question 5

oomycetes are not fungi due to the fact

Answer 5

their cell walls are composed of cellulose

Question 6

B. subtilis

Answer 6

no cell wall constriction

Question 7

Caulobacter

Answer 7

no septum

Question 8

segregation of genome is facilitated by the proteins

Answer 8

MinC, D and E

MinE pushes C and D to the poles and acts as a signal for FtsZ

Question 9

MreB

Answer 9

essential in cell morphology - bacterial cytoskeleton

Question 10

coccoid cells do not have

Answer 10

MreB

Question 11

penicillin

Answer 11

Penicillium chrysogenum

Question 12

Streptomycin

Answer 12

Streptomycin griseus

Question 13

Quinolones

Answer 13

bind to A unit in DNA gyrate (A2B2)

Question 14

how is resistance mediated against quinolones

Answer 14

decreased binding

Question 15

tetracycline

Answer 15

Streptomycin rimosus

Question 16

Vancomycin

Answer 16

inhibits cell wall biosynthesis

-poor bioavailability

Question 17

example of what vancomycin works against

Answer 17

C.difficile

Question 18

ascomycetes

Answer 18

• largest phylum of fungi
• filamentous and yeast
• have members with no sexual cycle

Question 19

which type of fungi have members with no sexual cycle

Answer 19

ascomycota

Question 20

chloroamphenicol which is deactivated by acetylation is used in the treatment of

Answer 20

meningitis, plague, cholera, typhoid fever

Question 21

APH gene

Answer 21

encodes a protein that confers resistance to kanamycin

Question 22

endospore formation involves

Answer 22

production of dipilonic acid with calcium involved

Question 23

fungi and eukarya do not have

Answer 23

peptidoglycan in their cell wall

Question 24

apicoplast

Answer 24

fatty acid and harm synthesis e.g. in plasmodium

Question 25

lysine synthesis invlves

Answer 25

alpha-aminoadiopic acid cycle

Question 26

oldest kingdom

Answer 26

plantae- has remained relatively unchanged

Question 27

reclinomonas

Answer 27

first jakobid to have mitochondrial genome sequences- 97 genes and 62 code for proteins

Question 28

jakobids

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Jakobids are an order of eukaryotes in the supergroup of Excavates.

Question 29

fosmidomycin is an

Answer 29

antibiotic

Question 30

what does fosmidomycin target

Answer 30

isoprenoid biosynthesis

Question 31

lambda viruses live a

Answer 31

temperate lifestyle

Question 32

lysogenic

Answer 32

integration of prophage into chromosome- then lytic cycle can occur

Question 33

N and Q are anti terminator which allow

Answer 33

polymerase to transcribe all of the circular viral DNA: tail, head and finer proteins

Question 34

the bikont-unikont division is used

Answer 34

root the eukaryotes