WGU Microbiology C453 Objective
Assessment Study Guide
Mode of action: disrupt structure of proteins & nucleic acid. Used to
disinfect/sterilize inanimate objects that would be harmed by high temperatures
Example: Formaldehyde - ✅✅-ALkylating Agents
Mode of action: denature proteins when mixed with water, dissolves membranes
Uses: disinfects skin and aerosols - ✅✅-Alcohols
Have hyphae aggregated to form mycelia & have club shaped sexual structures
called basida
Reproduce sexually
Examples: mushrooms, cryptococcus, toadstools, ruts, smuts -
✅✅-Basidomycota
Produces sac-like structure that releases spores during sexual reproduction.
Have a central pore. Examples: sac-fungi, yeast - ✅✅-Ascomycota
worm-like organisms, living in/feeding on hosts, receiving nourishment and
protection while disrupting host's absorption causing weakness and disease
Examples: flukes, tapeworms, roundworms - ✅✅-Hemlinths
tiny, non-living, requires host, invades and replicates inside living cell containing
DNA or RNA - ✅✅-Basic characteristics of a virus
acquired after they are assembled in a host cell as they bud, or move through,
one of several membranes - ✅✅-How do enveloped viruses gain their
envelope?
RNA genomes ready for immediate translation during infections by host's
ribosomes
examples: piconavindae, togaviridae, flavivirdae, retroviridae - ✅✅-Positive
sense single-stranded RNA viruses
other RNA genomes that have to be converted into proper form to be made into
proteins
Examples: paramyxovirdae, rhabdoviridae, orthomxyoviridae, filoviridae,
buonyaviridae - ✅✅-Negative sense single stranded RNA viruses
during infection dsRNA is transcribed to mRNA, produces protein necessary to
ensure replication and encapsidation
Example: reoviridae - ✅✅-Double stranded RNA viruses
example: adenoviridae, herpesviridae, poxviridae, papoviridae, hepdaviviridae -
✅✅-Double stranded DNA viruses
example: parroviridae - ✅✅-Single stranded DNA viruses
Assessment Study Guide
Mode of action: disrupt structure of proteins & nucleic acid. Used to
disinfect/sterilize inanimate objects that would be harmed by high temperatures
Example: Formaldehyde - ✅✅-ALkylating Agents
Mode of action: denature proteins when mixed with water, dissolves membranes
Uses: disinfects skin and aerosols - ✅✅-Alcohols
Have hyphae aggregated to form mycelia & have club shaped sexual structures
called basida
Reproduce sexually
Examples: mushrooms, cryptococcus, toadstools, ruts, smuts -
✅✅-Basidomycota
Produces sac-like structure that releases spores during sexual reproduction.
Have a central pore. Examples: sac-fungi, yeast - ✅✅-Ascomycota
worm-like organisms, living in/feeding on hosts, receiving nourishment and
protection while disrupting host's absorption causing weakness and disease
Examples: flukes, tapeworms, roundworms - ✅✅-Hemlinths
tiny, non-living, requires host, invades and replicates inside living cell containing
DNA or RNA - ✅✅-Basic characteristics of a virus
acquired after they are assembled in a host cell as they bud, or move through,
one of several membranes - ✅✅-How do enveloped viruses gain their
envelope?
RNA genomes ready for immediate translation during infections by host's
ribosomes
examples: piconavindae, togaviridae, flavivirdae, retroviridae - ✅✅-Positive
sense single-stranded RNA viruses
other RNA genomes that have to be converted into proper form to be made into
proteins
Examples: paramyxovirdae, rhabdoviridae, orthomxyoviridae, filoviridae,
buonyaviridae - ✅✅-Negative sense single stranded RNA viruses
during infection dsRNA is transcribed to mRNA, produces protein necessary to
ensure replication and encapsidation
Example: reoviridae - ✅✅-Double stranded RNA viruses
example: adenoviridae, herpesviridae, poxviridae, papoviridae, hepdaviviridae -
✅✅-Double stranded DNA viruses
example: parroviridae - ✅✅-Single stranded DNA viruses
