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The _____ of the microscope holds and allows selection of the objective lenses.

The site(s) for most ATP synthesis in bacterial cells is(are) the _______.

Peptidoglycan is a unique macromolecule found in bacterial _______.

In eukaryotic cells, ribosomes have two locations: scattered in the ________ and on the surface of the _________.

A microbiologist inoculates Staphylococcus aureus into a culture medium. Following incubation, both Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis are determined to be growing in this culture. What is the most likely explanation?

Mitochondria possess all of the following except ________.

Which of the features listed below is not found in all cells?

What part of a phospholipid forms hydrophobic tails?

Which of the following is not a function of the eukaryote glycocalyx?

Spirochetes have a twisting and flexing locomotion due to appendages called _______.

A fat is called ______ if all carbons of the fatty acid chain are single bonded to two other carbons and two hydrogens.

Lysozyme is most effective against _______.

Which of the following is not an inoculating tool?

The cell's series of tunnel-like membranes functioning in transport and storage are the _______.

Which method often results in colonies developing down throughout the agar along with some colonies on the surface?

Helminths are _____.

The term that refers to the purposeful addition of microorganisms into a laboratory nutrient medium is _____.

When a eukaryotic cell is not undergoing mitosis, the DNA and its associated proteins appear as a visible network of dark fibers called the _____.

Which is not a characteristic of fungi?

The cell _______ can be composed of three layers: the cytoplasmic membrane, the cell wall, and the outer membrane.

Which of the following is found in eukaryotic cells but not in the cells of bacteria?

Protists include ______.

The best definition of endosymbiosis is ________.

Movement of a cell toward a chemical stimulus is termed _______.

A nutrient medium that contains at least one ingredient that is NOT chemically definable would be termed _____.

The first primitive eukaryotic cells likely evolved from ______.

Which of the following is a unique characteristic of viruses that distinguishes them from the other major groups of microorganisms?

The correct microbiological term for the tiny sample of specimen that is put into a nutrient medium in order to produce a culture is the _____.

The Gram staining procedure is best described as a(n) _______ staining technique.

The purpose of staining cells on a microscope slide is to ______.

Choose the statement that best describes the role of mitochondria.

Which term is not used to describe bacterial cell shapes?

The group of protozoa that have gliding motility are the _______.

Agar is a complex polysaccharide that comes from a(n) _____.

Organic chemicals always have a basic framework of the element _____ bonded to other atoms.

Chemotaxis refers to the ability to ________.

A bacterial cell wall that has primarily peptidoglycan with small amounts of teichoic acid and lipoteichoic acid is _______.

Which of the following does not pertain to endotoxin?

Purines and pyrimidines are components in the building block units of all _____.

Which of the following are mismatched?

The lipid group that serves as energy storage molecules is _____.

Which of the following is not a benefit of agar as a solid medium?

The type of microscope in which you would see brightly illuminated specimens against a black background is _____.

The passageways in the nuclear envelope for movement of substances to and from the nucleus and cytoplasm are called nuclear ________.

Choose the term that best describes the role of protozoan cysts.

The enzyme _______, found in tears and saliva, can hydrolyze the bonds in the glycan chains of certain bacterial cell walls.

The two functions of bacterial appendages are ________.

There are nine peripheral pairs and one central pair of _______ found inside eukaryotic flagella and cilia.

Most biochemical macromolecules are polymers, which are chains of ______.

Microbiology 020 - General Microbiology » Fall 2021 » Exam 2

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