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Test Bank - Microbiology-An Evolving Science, 5th Edition (Slonczewski, 2021), Chapter 1-28 | All Chapters
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TEST BANKMicrobiology: An Evolving Science
Joan L. Slonczewski, John W. Foster, and Erik R. Zinser
5th Edition Table of Contents
Chapter 01 Microbial Life-Origin and Discovery 1
Chapter 02 Observing the Microbial Cell 29
Chapter 03 Cell Structure and Function 60
Chapter 04 Bacterial Culture, Growth, and Development 89
Chapter 05 Environmental Influences and Control of Microbial Growth 118
Chapter 06 Viruses 147
Chapter 07 Genomes and Chromosomes 176
Chapter 08 Transcription, Translation, and Protein Processing 207
Chapter 09 Genetic Change and Genome Evolution 237
Chapter 10 Molecular Regulation 271
Chapter 11 Viral Molecular Biology 302
Chapter 12 Biotechniques and Synthetic Biology 334
Chapter 13 Energetics and Catabolism 367
Chapter 14 Electron Flow in Organotrophy, Lithotrophy, and Phototrophy 400
Chapter 15 Biosynthesis 436
Chapter 16 Food and Industrial Microbiology 469
Chapter 17 Origins and Evolution 503
Chapter 18 Bacterial Diversity 536
Chapter 19 Archaeal Diversity 570
Chapter 20 Eukaryotic Diversity 600
Chapter 21 Microbial Ecology 638
Chapter 22 Element Cycles and Environmental Microbiology 670
Chapter 23 The Human Microbiome and Innate Immunity 701
Chapter 24 The Adaptive Immune Response 731
Chapter 25 Pathogenesis 762
Chapter 26 Microbial Diseases 791
Chapter 27 Antimicrobial Therapy and Discovery 821
Chapter 28 Clinical Microbiology and Epidemiology 852 Chapter 1: Microbial Life: Origin and Discovery 1. Viruses are a. infectious agents that infect exclusively multicell ular organisms. b. noncellular particles that take over the metabolism of a cell to generate more virus particles. c. pathogens that replicate in complex growth media. d. cellular particles that belong to the archaea domai n. e. microbes that consist of lipid membrane–enclosed ge nomes. 2. The analysis of DNA sequences reveals a. the ancient convergence of prokaryotes and eukaryot es. b. that prokaryotes and eukaryotes evolved from a comm on ancestral cell. c. that bacteria share a common ancestor with archaea but not with eukarya. d. that prokaryotes are cells with a nucleus. e. that the genome of Haemophilus influenzae has about 2 billion base pairs. 3. Which of these groups are considered to be micro bes, but NOT considered to be cells? a. viruses ______________________________________________________________________________________________
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1 | P a g e b. bacteria c. archaea d. protists e. filamentous fungi 4. A microbe is commonly defined as a(n) ________ t hat requires a microscope to be seen. a. virus b. bacterium c. single-cellular prokaryote d. archaea e. eye of a fruit fly 5. Which one of the following statements regarding microbial cells is FALSE? a. Microbial cells acquire food, gain energy to build themselves, and respond to environmental change. b. Most single-celled organisms require a microscope t o render them visible, but some bacterial cells are large enough to be seen wi th the naked eye. c. Microbes evolve at slow rates. d. Many microbes form complex multicellular assemblage s. e. Viruses are not considered microbial cells. ______________________________________________________________________________________________
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2 | P a g e 6. Which of the following statements is FALSE? a. A genome is the total genetic information contained in an organism’s chromosomal DNA. b. If a microbe’s genome includes genes for nitrogenas e, that microbe probably can fix nitrogen. c. By comparing DNA sequences of different organisms, we can figure out how closely related they are. d. Fred Sanger developed the first applicable DNA sequ encing method. e. Fred Sanger completed the sequences of Haemophilus influenzae . 7. The first cellular genomes to be sequenced were those of a. humans. b. bacteria. c. viruses. d. prions. e. fungi. 8. Which organism can engulf aquatic prey? a. E. coli b. Herpes simplex c. Ebola d. Stentor sp. e. Halophiles ______________________________________________________________________________________________
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3 | P a g e 9. The development of the theory of the “RNA world” resulted from the discovery of a. archaea. b. prions. c. bacteria. d. ribozymes. e. endosymbionts. 10. Which marine sulfur bacterium can grow to 0.7 m m? a. Thermomargarita namibiensis b. E. coli c. Pelomyxa d. Caulerpa taxifolia e. Varicella zoster 11. What did van Leeuwenhoek discover using microsc opic observations of organisms exposed to beverages? a. Heat does not kill microbes. b. Heat kills microbes. c. Heat does not kill algae. d. Caffeine in coffee kills microbes. ______________________________________________________________________________________________
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4 | P a g e e. the existence of spiral-shaped microbes 12. Tyndall’s spontaneous generation experiments oc casionally failed due to a. nutrient chirality. b. dust. c. fermentation. d. lack of oxygen. e. endospores. 13. When did the discovery of microbes occur? a. 1600s b. 1700s c. 1800s d. 1900s e. 2000s 14. Robert Koch won the Nobel Prize for his contrib ution to medical bacteriology regarding a. Escherichia coli . b. Bacillus subtilis . c. Mycobacterium tuberculosis . ______________________________________________________________________________________________
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5 | P a g e d. rabies virus. e. smallpox virus. 15. How did European invaders to North America kill much of the native population? a. tuberculosis b. leprosy c. smallpox virus d. human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) e. bubonic plague 16. Florence Nightingale a. is best known as the founder of professional nursin g. b. was the first to use disinfectant to demonstrate th e significance of aseptic technique. c. demonstrated high death rates among British soldier s during the Crimean War. d. performed the first controlled experiment on the ch emical conversion of matter, known today as chemotherapy. e. argued that the environment of early Earth containe d mainly reduced compounds. 17. Who developed the concept of medical statistics ? a. Francis Crick ______________________________________________________________________________________________
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6 | P a g e b. Florence Nightingale c. Edward Jenner d. Louis Pasteur e. Alexander Fleming 18. The first person to visualize single-celled mic robes was a. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. b. Robert Hooke. c. Louis Pasteur. d. Lady Montagu. e. Edward Jenner. 19. Semmelweis and Lister noted that many of their patients’ deaths were due to a. fungi. b. Escherichia coli . c. chlorine. d. pathogen transmission by doctors. e. Staphylococcus. 20. Microbial endosymbionts ______________________________________________________________________________________________
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