Micro Chapter 11

The anaerobic Clostridium species are troublesome pathogens largely due to their capacity for

The "giant" bacterium Epulopiscium reproduces by means of

A flexible, spiral-shaped bacterium is called a

Endospores

What bacterial structure is responsible for separating the daughter DNA molecules after replication?

Which of the following bacterial arrangements is the result of snapping division?

Pleomorphic bacteria

Why are bacilli less varied than cocci in their cell arrangements?

In which of the following methods of prokaryotic reproduction does the parental cell exist before AND after the reproduction event?

A bacterial species with spherical cells that have random planes of cell division will form which of the following arrangements?

Which of the following might or might not happen during binary fission?

Pairs of spherical bacterial cells are called

Classification of bacteria into different phyla is based on comparisons involving which of the following?

Bergey's Manual contains

The grouping Archaea is which of the following in the modern taxonomic hierarchy?

Microbes growing in boiling hot mineral springs are generally

Which of the following types of microbes might be found in the Dead Sea?

Which of the following characteristics does NOT distinguish the archaea from the bacteria?

The Archaea were not discovered until relatively recently in the history of microbiology. Which of the following is NOT a possible reason for this?

Which of the following is NOT a typical habitat for an extremophile?

Which of the following groups of archaea plays an important role in sewage treatment?

Which of the following would best inhibit the growth of a hyperthermophilic archaeon?

Pyrodictium is one example of an archaeon. It lives in deep sea vents where the temperatures can be over 300°C! Which of the following best describes this archaeon?

Which of the following types of archaea is most likely to grow best at human body temperature (37°C)?

Pseudomonas species are occasional causes of

Members of the genus Chlamydia are

The genus Helicobacter is responsible for

The genus Mycobacterium includes species responsible for

One species of the genus Streptococcus is the leading cause of

Listeria is responsible for

The bacterium Bacillus cereus is

Which of the following statements regarding mycoplasmas is FALSE?

Which of the following bacterial genera is useful for sewage treatment?

Which of the following statements regarding pseudomonads is FALSE?

Bacteria that require hydrogen sulfide are generally members of the

Which of the following bacterial genera plays an important role in environmental nitrogen cycles?

Which of the following genera does NOT include intracellular parasites of other cells?

Members of which of the following genera are the most common sexually transmitted bacteria in the United States?

Which of the following is NOT associated with bacteria in the genus Streptomyces?

Which of the following bacterial genera is used for the degradation of environmental pollutants?

Which of the following groups of bacteria is named for its resemblance to fungi?

Which of the following bacterial genera includes species that protect areas of the body such as the intestinal tract and the vagina from invasion by pathogens?

Which of the following bacterial genera produce(s) endospores?

Mycoplasmas are pleomorphic because

Which of the following diseases is NOT associated with clostridia?

Heterocysts are associated with

Which of the following statements regarding cyanobacteria is FALSE?

Which of the following groups of bacteria lives in environments similar to those that may have existed on the early Earth?

A microbiologist has isolated a microbe that she has tentatively identified as Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Which of the following characteristics would be INCONSISTENT with this conclusion?

Some chlamydias are so small that they can pass through bacteriological filters used for sterilization methods. Which of the following discoveries would assure a researcher that a bacterium had been isolated instead of a virus?

What is the significance of the fact that rickettsias cannot use glucose as a nutrient?

Which of the following microbes can degrade a variety of environmental pollutants?

Why do cyanobacteria possess heterocysts?

Which of the following microbes is NOT pathogenic to humans?

Rhizobium is important agriculturally because it supplies __________ to plants such as peas and beans.

Which of the following types of organisms uses hydrogen sulfide for reducing power?

In which organism would you likely find a chlorosome?

Which of the following is a bacterium that performs oxygenic photosynthesis?

What is the key difference between photoheterotrophs and photoautotrophs?

Which of the following is a trait unique to photosynthetic eukaryotes?