Microbiology 2460 - Chapter 4 Book Review Q&A

The term prokaryotes refers to which of the following?

unicellular organisms that have no nucleus

The term microbiota refers to which of the following?

all microorganisms in a certain region of the human body

Which of the following refers to the type of interaction between 2 prokaryotic populations in which one population benefits and the other is not affected?

commensalism

Which of the following describes proteobacteria in domain bacteria?

phylum

Which of the following alphaproteobacteria is the cause of rocky mountain spotted fever and typhus?

rickettsia

Class betaproteobacteria includes all but which of the following genera?

campylobacter

Haemophilus Influenzae is a common cause of which of the following?

Upper Respiratory tract infections NOT the flu virus

Which of the following is the organelle that spirochetes use to propel themselves

axial filaments

Which of the following bacteria are the most prevalent in the human gut?

Bacteroides (part of the CFB group)

Which of the following refers to photosynthesis performed by bacteria with the use of water as the donor of electrons?

Oxygenic

Which of the following bacterial species is classified as high G + C gram positive?

Corynebacterium diptheriae (actinobacteria)

The term "deeply branching" refers to which of the following?

the position in the evolutionary tree of deeply branching bacteria

Which of these deeply branching bacteria is considered a polyextremophile?

Deinococcus radiodurans

Archae and bacteria are most similar in terms of their?

unicellular structure

Which of the following is true of archaea that produce methane?

they live in the most extreme environments

The class actinobacteria consists of high G+C bacteria

true

Treponema Pallidum causes syphilis

true

Which of the following cannot be classified with gram staining?

mycoplasma