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The transfer of genes during bacterial conjugation involves rigid, tubular appendages called .
Select one:
- flagella
- cilia
- fimbriae
- periplasmic flagella (axial filaments)
- sex pili
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The process in which mutations are removed and the correct bases added is called .
Select one:
- transduction
- excision repair
- frameshift
- back-mutation
- transformation
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l OM oAR cP SD | 21 95 3 57 5 Midterm Exam
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A nutrient medium that has all of its chemical components identified and their precise concentrations known and reproducible is termed .
Select one:
- complex
- reducing
- enriched
- defined
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Which scientific field is involved in the identification, classification, and naming of organisms?
Select one:
- Nomenclature
- Taxonomy
- Phylogeny
- Pathology
- Epidemiology
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The term obligate refers to
Select one:
- the ability to exist in a wide range of conditions.
- existing in a very narrow niche.
- using chemicals for energy production.
- using light for energy production.
- using oxygen for metabolism.
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l OM oAR cP SD | 21 95 3 57 5 Midterm Exam
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Which of the following is not a benefit of agar as a solid medium?
Select one:
- Flexibility
- Holds moisture
- Can be inoculated and poured at a temperature that is not harmful
- Solid at room temperature
- Easily digested by most microbes
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Astrobiology is considered a sub-discipline of microbiology because
Select one:
- life elsewhere in the universe is likely to be microbial.
- microbes are known to exist on other planets.
- all extraterrestrials known are microbial.
- only microbes can reproduce under the extreme conditions in outer space.
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Protozoa are classified into four groups based on .
Select one:
- how they move
- their required nutrients
- the resistance properties of their cysts
- their pathogenicity
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