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- Which modern day cell is probably mst closely related to the original common ancestor?
- Archaeon
- What is the life cycle that requires multiplication in side another cell?
- Bdellovibrio
- Who proposed the Endosymbiont hypothesis?
- Lynn Marguiles
- Who first proposed the idea of the common ancestor?
- Charles Darwin
- Which part of the mushroom consists of differential cells produced under stress?
- Fruiting Body
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Which of the following is not from horizontal gene transfer:
a. Conjugation
b. Transformation
c. Transposition
d. Transduction - transposition
- Archea, Eukarya and Bacteria are all part of the three ___ of life.
- domains
- What percentage of Thermotaga maritima's genes are from the Archea?
- 25%
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The Haantan Virus Disease outbreak in the USA's Four Corners Region in 1993 are similar to
A. the 1918 Flu
B. Salmonellosis
C. English Sweating Sickness
D. A and C - A and C
- What is the largest human organ?
- The Skin
- What is the human organ with the greatest concentration of microbes?
- The Intestins
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Which of the following describes the microbe Lactobacillus reuteri?
a.Familiar Enemy
b.Lethal Stranger
c.Opportunist
d.Probiotic - Familiar Enemy
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Which of the following best describes the Ebola virus?
A. Familiar Enemy
B. Lethal Stranger
C. Opportunist
D. Probiotic - Lethal Stranger
- Which commander conquered all because he demanded his soldiers boil their drinking water?
- Alexander the Great
- Which commander lost his army to typhus, dysentery and the cold, in Russian winter?
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
- Which did Mary Mallon spread to whomever she cooked for?
- Typhoid
- What disease was proven microbially-caused after Dr. Barry Marshall drank swamp water?
- Peptic Ulcers
- Which respiratory disease is spread from birds to people?
- Psittocosis
- Which tick-bourne disease causes a bull's eye rash that can lead to arthritis-like disease?
- Lyme disease
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Which disease(s) have changed human social and cultural history?
a.smallpox
b.rabies
c.plague
d.a and b
e.a and c - a and c
- Which tick borne disease should be of greatest concern to North Carolinians?
- Rocky Mountain Spotted Feaver
- Which water-bourne disease is resistant to chlorination and standard water treatment?
- Cryptosporidiosis
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Which diseases have co evolved through time along with their hosts?
A. Myxovirus
B. Plague
C. Malaria
D.A and B
E. A and C - A and C
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T or F
The organelles of eukaryotic cells may have started out as prokaryotic cells? - T
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T or F
A mitochondrian makes energy efficiently by reducing its membrane surface area? - F
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T or F
Flagella of eukaryotes may have started out as bacterial spirochetes. - T
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T or F
Chloroplasts of plant cells may have started originally been cyanobacteria? - T
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T or F
Vertical gene transfer occurs within the same generation? - F
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T or F
Horizontal gene transfer occurs only between members of the same species. - F
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T or F
The genome of THERMOTOGA MARITIMA is completely bacterial? - F
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T or F
Bacteria can move genes horizontally with each other, but not with members of other domains? - F
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T or F
The Four Corners Haantan virus disease outbreak of 1993 declined as the weather changed? - F
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T or F
The Haantan Virus normally causes disease in rodents? - F
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T or F
There are ten times as many cells living on humans than humans themselves consist of? - T
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T or F
The microbes Streptococcus mutans and Porphyromonas gingivialis cause disease whenever they are present in the mouth? - F
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T or F
Probiotics work by specifically killing desease causing microbes? - F
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T or F
Napoleon is remembered as a great general because he understood microbiology? - F
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T or F
As long as the outer shell of the egg is disinfected first, you can use raw eggs in Caesar salads and ice cream? - F
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T or F
Salmonella bacteria get their name from salmon, the fish they were first isolated from? - F
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T or F
Typhoid can only by caught from contaminated people ro food, since it does not survive long in the environment. - F
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T or F
It was assumed for many years that peptic ulcers were caused by spicy foods and stress before Helicobacter Pylori was shown to generate stomach incflammation.? - T
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T or F
George Washington inoculated himself to keep from catching smallpox. - F
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T or F
Edward Jenner invented vaccination by using the cowpox virus to prevent smallpox? - T
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T or F
John Snow provented the spread of cholera by having people boil their drinking water. - F
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T or F
Human cases of diseases spread by biting insects( ie: Lyme) increase in the winter. - F
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T or F
AIDS can be prevented in the unborn by treating HIV + mothers with HIV anti-virals. - T
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T or F
Rabies is controlled by vaccinating pet animals - T
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T or F
People with sickle cell anemia are more likely to survive a malaria infection. - T