- True or false: All species of Gram-positive bacteria belong to one phylum.
- Which biomolecule is synthesized by ribosomes?
- How would you describe the form of these colonies?
- In which process does a prokaryote take up DNA shed by other prokaryotes in its environment?
- Which describes the quality of an antimicrobial drug that selectively kills a microbial target while causing minimal harm to the patient?
- Which of the following bacteria is NOT officially classified as one of the ESKAPE pathogens, but is recognized as a multidrug resistant pathogen that is of great concern to the healthcare community?
- Eukaryotic mitochondria are thought to be descendants of:
- True or false: All species of Gram-negative bacteria belong to one phylum.
- True of False: The use of antibiotics has selected for the spread of AMR genes among bacteria.
- Match the ribosomal subunits to their cell type: 50S subunit and 30S subunit:
- Several antibiotics target the bacterial cell wall. Why does this antibiotic lyse bacterial cells and not our own cells?
- How is DNA transferred from one prokaryote to another in conjugation?
- Bluebonnets, the state flower of Texas, provide a home in their roots for nitrogen fixing bacteria. These nitrogen-fixing bacteria belong to which of the following classes of Proteobacteria?
- Can you hypothesize why a group of bacteria might NATURALLY PRODUCE antibiotics?
- Which bacterium did Marshall and Warren determine was the cause of stomach ulcers?
- Which of the following is a Gram-positive bacterium?
- Which group of bacteria are known to produce antibiotics?
- Which of the following is responsible for generating half of the world's oxygen?
- Which of the following can be a beneficial microbe of the human gut (but not always!)?
- What is the function of the cell wall in prokaryotic cells?