Microbiology Final Exam – Detailed Correct Answers A+

MICROBIOLOGY FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS


A cell is said to be _______________ when its cell wall is
permeable to foreign DNA - correct answer-
Competent


Alpha hemolysis - correct answer- partial lysis;
green halo


An enzyme that assembles free nucleotides to make a
molecule of RNA is - correct answer- RNA
polymerase


axial filaments (endoflagellum) - correct answer-
spirochete locomotion wrapping


Bacteremia is ______________ in the blood - correct
answer- Bacteria


Bacteria use - correct answer- CAPSULES

,Basophils - correct answer- Produce histamines
to combat allergic reactions


Beta hemolysis - correct answer- full lysis; clear
halo


Both prokaryotes and eukaryotes use aerobic respiration
as a way to produce ATP, but you get the (most/least) ATP
from aerobic respiration in prokaryotes - correct
answer- Most


Chaga's disease(American- T. Cruzi) transmission -
correct answer- kissing bug-vector


Chicken pox(herpes simplex 3) goes latent where? -
correct answer- Ganglia


Chlamydia has _____________ bodies - correct
answer- elementary

, DTaP vaccine - correct answer- Diptheria,
Tetanus, & Pertussis


Endotoxin - correct answer- Gram negative


Eosinophil - correct answer- Toxic to parasites


Eukaryotic ribosome subunits = - correct answer-
60 + 40 = 80


Exotoxin - correct answer- Gram positive


Fermenters - correct answer- Homolactic,
Alcohol, Ethanol


First line of defense - correct answer- skin,
mucous membrane, secretions


Flagella - correct answer- locomotion in all 3
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