BIOLOGY - UNIT 6: MICROBIOLOGY
Select the kingdoms where all prokaryotes are classified.
Archaea, Eubacteria
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Ascomycota
Synura
Chrysophyta
postponed indefinitely
During a latent infection caused by a virus, the viral replication is _________ until some outside stimulant causes the virus to enter the lytic cycle.
The fuzzy-looking structures in a mold colony are called sporangium.
False
Select reasons that members of the phylum Chytridiomycota are sometimes grouped in the kingdom Protista, rather than the kingdom Fungi.
Most members are aquatic.The reproductive cells have flagellum.
Sargussum
Phaeophyta
Anopheles mosquito
The insect vector for Plasmodium vivax is the __________.
Eubacteria
The kingdom________ contains prokaryotic organisms.
phagocytosis
Through the process of ________ , an amoeba creates a food vacuole where digestion continues.
Apicomplexa → The members of the phylum _________ are all parasitic.
True
gelatin-like derivative of brown algae
algin
without free oxygen
anaerobic
budding
asexual reproduction of yeast
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
baker's yeast
fermentation
break down of complex molecules into simpler ones
Agaricus bisporis
common edible mushroom
sexual reproduction in some protozoans
conjugation
giant brown algae
kelp
rupturing of a cell
lysis
organism which lives in or on another organism
parasite
response to light
phototaxis
host
plant or animal which supports a parasite
saprophyte
plant that lives on decaying organic matter
multinucleated feeding phase
plasmodium
rapid growth of algae
rapid growth of algae algal bloom
obtain food from non-living organic material
saprophyte
mutually positive arrangement between species
symbiosis
organism's response to a stimulus
taxis
pathogenic RNA molecule
viroid
scientist who studies viruses
virologist
receptor site
A virion is able to recognize the correct host cell when the _________ of the host cell and the viral attachment protein of the virion match up
opportunistic infection
Bacteria which are part of the normal flora may cause disease when the immune system is compromised. This ailment is called a(n) ________.
obligate intracellular parasite
Rickettsia is an example of an __________ which can only replicate inside a host cell.
fermentation
The break-down of complex molecules into simpler ones is called ________.
Bacillariophyta
diatoms
organism which causes disease
parasite
Myxomycota
plasmodial slime mold I
transduction
Bacteria share genetic material through the processes called bacterial conjugation, transformation, and ___________.
Amoeba proteus
Rhizopoda
area of prokaryotic cell that is dense with genetic material
nucleoid
structure of an alga
Zoomastigophora
Peptidoglycan
_________ is the material found in the bacterial cell wall that forms a molecular basis of the Gram stain.
phycoerythrin
__________ Which substance is responsible for the red color in red algae?
Food vacuole
__________ is the structure within a protozoan where enzymes are secreted to digest.
cytoplasmic bridge
____________ is the structure which is not part of the process of phagocytosis in a ciliate.