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mboi ch4 quiz

Content: gram+, gram -, archaea, spheroplast, acid fast
gram positive
T/F…The first cells on earth were probably archaea
true
T/F…Endospores of certain bacterial species can enter tissues in the human body, geminate and cause an infectious disease
true
T/F…the slime layer gives bacteria a greater pathogenicity as compared to the capsule
false
Chemo taxis refers to the ability to: move in response to light, move in response to a chemical, not move in response to chem., transport desired mol’s into cell, none of above
move in response to a chemical
The basal body of a flagellum is anchored into the : hook, outer membrane, cell wall, peptidoglycan layer, cell membrane
cell membrane
T/F…the prokaryotic cell membrane is a site for many enzymes and metabolic reactions
true
T/F…alcohol-based compounds can weaken the outer membrane
true
Which is not a bacterial class involved in causing human & animal disease: scotobacteria, firmibacteria, archaebacteria, thallobacteria, mollicutes
archaebacteria
Peptidoglycan is a unique macromolecule found in bacterial: cell walls, cell membranes, capsules, slime layers, inclusions
cell walls
The outcome of the Gram stain is based on diff in the cell’s: ribosomes, inclusions, cell wall, cell membrane, flagella
cell wall
The enzyme ____, that is found in tears and saliva, can hydrolyze the bonds in the glycan chains of certain bacterial cell walls: penicillinase,lysozyme,peptidase, all, none
lysozyme
The term that refers to flagella at both poles is: amphitrichous, atrichous, lophotrichous, monotrichous, peritrichous
amphitrichous
The transfer of genes during bacterial conjugation involves rigid tubular appendages called: flagella, cilia, fimbriae, periplasmic flagella (axial filaments), sex pili
sex pili
Spirochetes have a twisting & flexing locomotion due to appendages called: