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6. Archaea have many unique traits

  • True
  • False

7. Listeria monocytogenes is pathogenic (immunocompromised), and contaminates milk and meat - notable because it can reproduce __________ and can survive inside phagocytic lleukocytes

  • When refrigerated
  • When at high temperatures

8. Many mycoplasmas have a pear-like shape where they attatch to eukaryotes

  • True
  • False

9. Flesh eating streptococci are of particular concern to health care providers

  • True
  • False

10. Streptococcus and enterococcus (low c-g gram positive) are known to cause numerous human disease, they are currently in the news over strains that have become multi-drug resistant

  • True
  • False

11. What is the salinity of sea water?

  • 3.5%
  • 35%

12. Clostridia _____ form endospores

  • Can
  • Can't

13. Which bacteria is anoxygenic?

  • Green and purple phototrophic bacteria
  • Cyanobacteria

14. These low c-g gram positive bacteria are pleomorphic because

  • They lack cell walls
  • They lack thick membranes

15. The first prokaryotes assigned to the domain Archaea were exremophiles

  • True
  • False

16. A representitive of the deeply branching bacteria is

  • Aquifex
  • Clostridia

17. Many prokaryotes are actually mosaics of genes that are taken from other species

  • True
  • False

18. Green and purple bacteria use ___________ for photosynthesis

  • Bacteriochlorophylls
  • Chlorophyll a

19. Are the deeply branching bacteria autotrophs or heterotrophs

  • Autotrophs
  • Heterotrophs

20. Gram positive bacteria are classed on their ______ ratio

  • G-C
  • T-U
  • A-T