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The following are _______ defense mechanisms for our bodies:
Lung cilia
Normal Flora
Skin - Primary
- What body defense system consists of >20 proteins that circulate in our blood?
- Complement
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The following are all body _____.
B cells
T Cells
Macrophages - Defenders
- Death due to Haantan Pulmonary Syndrome is caused by what?
- Too much immmunity.
- A " smart" microbe that has " outwitted" our immune defenses is known as the ____ virus.
- polymoma
- William Jenner performed the first human vaccination with what?
- the Cowpox virus.
- Which infectious disease has been eradicated from humankind?
- smallpox
- What three scientist help to identify and develop penicillin?
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Fleming
Florey
Chain - What anti tuberculosis antibiotic was identified from soil bacteria?
- streptomycin
- An example of a microbe that can tolerate high concentrations of radioactivity:
- deinococcus
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Which of the following is NOT necessary for quorum sensing to occur?
a. a toxin gene
b. an autoinducer
c. luxR_protein
D. lots of bacteria - a toxin gene
- How many Americans live within 4 miles of a Superfund Toxic Waste site?
- 20 million
- The bioremediation of the Savannah River Plant was due to the co-metabolism of what two compounds?
- TCE and Methane
- Which type of landfill produces it own source of energy?
- anaerobic
- What was the biggest contributor to the economy and diet of the Lake Victoria?
- Cassava
- What helped the reduction of the major food source in the Lake Victoria region?
- White fly infestation
- The plant virus reduced food production by how much?
- 90%
- What two organisms did Dr. Victor Masona use to create a better plant for Africa?
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Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Cassava Mosaic Virus - The Colorado Potato Beetle caterpillar is killed by a protein todxin produced by what?
- Bacillus thuringiensis
- What were two unanticipated problems generated by GM plants?
- Toxicity to butterflies and the Spread of GMO pollen.
- Genes from which microbes were used to create New Leaf Potatoes?
- Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Bacillus thuringiensis.
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All of the following plants express the _ _ toxin gene.
Star link corn
Bollgard Cotton - BT
- Corn has not yet been used as an edible ___?
- vaccine
- Biowarfare tests showed that ten (10) grams of anthrax spores could produce as many casualties as how many grams of nerve agent?
- 1 million
- Which country is not thought to have an ongoing bioweapons program?
- Germany
- Which concept, later proved by microbiologists, caused Charles Darwin to become a controverisal figure?
- Species Creation by Natural Selection.
- The Dine'eh ( Navjo) Americans knew nothing about Haantan virus disease before the 1993 Four Corners outbreak investigated by the Centers for Disease Control? T or F
- F
- Complement can tell " self" from "non-self" cells. T or F
- T
- Death from bacterial pnemonia is the result of destruction of lung tissues by the human host's own immune system. T or F
- T
- The adaptive immune system is regulated by helper B-cells. T or F
- F
- Our immune systems react to virus and bacterial invaders in a similar fashion? T or F
- F
- The current infections disease vaccines available in the US are the best that can be developed. T or F
- F
- It is harder to develop drugs that act against fungi, viruses and protozoans because their metabolisms are so different from humans. T or F.
- F
- Antibiotics used in animal feed have no effect on pathogenic microbes that effect humans. T or F
- F
- All the antibiotics that are produced by soil bacteria have been discovered and developed. T or F
- F
- Interfering with microbial communication has the potiential to stop human bacterial infections without killing the bacteria. T or F
- T
- Methanotrophs are bacteria that create/ make methane. T or F
- F
- Aerobic landfills can hold greater volumes of material per cubic yard than standard landfills.T or F
- T
- Humankind was using microbes to produce foods long before it knew microbes existed. T or F
- T
- Almost all plants and animals used for food today have been selectively bred. T or F
- T
- Bacteria genes can be used to genetically engineer specific traits in plants. T or F
- T
- Bacteria genes create toxins that kill caterpillars without harming other animals?
- T
- The discovery of Star link Corn in Taco shells was made worse by the fact that many people were allergic to its pollen?
- F
- Palnts expressing the proteins of Agrobacterium tumefaciens are resistant to plant virus infection. T or F
- F
- Genetically engineered virus resistant food plants are now being planted in the Lake Victoria region of Sub Saharan Africa. T or F
- F
- In the future, genetically modified plants will be grown or reasons other than food production. T or F
- T
- Genetically modified organisms have not helped the economy of North Carolina. T or F
- F
- Bioweapons were first used in WWI by the German Army. T or F
- F
- There has been no biowarfare attack that has occurred in the U.S. T or F
- F
- The world's stockpile of smallpox virus was destroyed in 2002. T or F
- F
- Bioweapons have played a major role in US foreign policy in the last 4 years. T or F
- T