Microbiology Questions
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True or false: All species of Gram-positive bacteria belong to one phylum.
Which biomolecule is synthesized by ribosomes?
How would you describe the form of these colonies?
In which process does a prokaryote take up DNA shed by other prokaryotes in its environment?
Which describes the quality of an antimicrobial drug that selectively kills a microbial target while causing minimal harm to the patient?
Which of the following bacteria is NOT officially classified as one of the ESKAPE pathogens, but is recognized as a multidrug resistant pathogen that is of great concern to the healthcare community?
Eukaryotic mitochondria are thought to be descendants of:
True or false: All species of Gram-negative bacteria belong to one phylum.
True of False: The use of antibiotics has selected for the spread of AMR genes among bacteria.
Match the ribosomal subunits to their cell type: 50S subunit and 30S subunit:
Several antibiotics target the bacterial cell wall. Why does this antibiotic lyse bacterial cells and not our own cells?
How is DNA transferred from one prokaryote to another in conjugation?
Bluebonnets, the state flower of Texas, provide a home in their roots for nitrogen fixing bacteria. These nitrogen-fixing bacteria belong to which of the following classes of Proteobacteria?
Can you hypothesize why a group of bacteria might NATURALLY PRODUCE antibiotics?
Which bacterium did Marshall and Warren determine was the cause of stomach ulcers?
Which of the following is a Gram-positive bacterium?
Which group of bacteria are known to produce antibiotics?
Which of the following is responsible for generating half of the world's oxygen?
Which of the following can be a beneficial microbe of the human gut (but not always!)?
What is the function of the cell wall in prokaryotic cells?