Chapter 19- The good, bad, Andre the ugly: Bacteria

Which of the following are classified as cyanobacteria?

A and D (Oscillatoria sp. & Nostoc sp.)

Which of the following bacteria is pathogenic in humans?

All of these (Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Clostridium botulinum; Borrelia burgdorferi)

Which of the following is a characteristic of the bacterium Escherichia coli?

All of these (Normally inhabits the digestive tract of many animals; Is gram-negative; Is a facultative anaerobe)

Which of the following are gram-positive bacteria?

All of these (Staphylococcus spp.; Streptococcus spp; Bacillus anthracis)

In what types of environments do bacteria live?

All of these (extremely hot/cold, digestive system of humans/animals, deep underground)

Many bacteria cause devastating disease in plants and animal; however, some bacteria are used to produce ________.

Antibiotics

Rob-shaped bacteria are known as _______.

Bacilli

Which of the following is a gram-positive bacterium that also forms spores?

Bacillus anthracis

Antibiotics that kill bacteria directly are classified as ______.

Bactericidal

Bacteria that produce light are referred to as _____.

Bioluminescent

Gram stain is a laboratory technique used to distinguish between various kinds of bacteria based on the characteristics of the ______.

Cell wall

Plasmids, ringlike structures composed of DNA, are integral in bacterial _______.

Conjugation

Which of the following Bactria are important in the production of oxygen?

Cyanobacteria

In bioluminescent bacteria, the light-emitting compound is called ______.

Luciferin

Archaea classified as _____ can exist in soil, sediment, and other less extreme environments.

Mesophiles

_______ is the name used for the traditional bacterial kingdom, now known as the two distinct domains of Archaea and bacteria.

Monera

Which of the following statement about bacteria is NOT true?

Most bacteria are pathogenic (disease-causing)

Which of the following bacteria exist as diplococci?

Neisseria meningitidis

Bacteria that required oxygen for survival are known as _______.

Obligate aerobes

Archaea classified as _____ can live in extremely cold conditions, such as in the Antarctic region.

Psychrophiles

Gram-positive bacteria stain _____.

Purple

Which of the following are nitrogen-fixing proteobacteria?

Rhizobium spp.

Bacteria collected from a sick patient by a throat swab stains purple on a slide. What is the likely pathogen in this case?

Streptococcus pyogenes

Some bacteria produce an endosperm that enables them to _____.

Survive under intolerable conditions

Which of the following statements about the proteobacteria is NOT true?

They are important oxygen producers

Which of the following bacteria causes the sexually transmitted disease syphilis?

Treponema pallidum

Archaea and Eukarya share which of the following features?

histone proteins in the DNA

Clostridium botulinum is a bacteria that cannot live in oxygen. It is described as a/an _______.

obligate anaerobe

The process of bioluminescence ______.

requires a large amount of ATP

While visiting Yellowstone Park, you see the famous geyser "Old Faithful." What type(s) of Archaea would you most likely find in this water?

thermophiles