Chapter 5
These reactions Synthesize large molecules from the smaller products of catabolism
What is Anabolic reactions
A collection of microbes living on a surface in complex community
What is a biofilm
–The entire genetic complement of an organism
What is the Genome.
The _____________ strand is synthesized discontinuously
What is the Lagging strand
Addition of one or a few nucleotide pairs creates new sequence of codons. What is the type of mutation
What is a frameshift mutation
How many ATP are produced per NADH in the electron transport chain (ETC)?
What is 3
Oxygen is deadly for this type of organism
What is an obligate anaerobe
D N A polymerase replicates D N A in this direction
what is 5′ to 3′
An inducible operon
What is the lac operon
__________ repair is a type of SOS repair in E.coli
What is error prone repair
Many vitamins are important ________ of enzymes
What is a Coenzyme
____________ organisms live under extreme pressure
What is a barophile
What are the post transcriptional modifications in eukaryotes?
What is
–Capping
–Polyadenylation
–Splicing
Segments of D N A that move from one location to another in the same or different molecule
What is a transposon or jumping gene
The Ames test demonstrates that a chemical is
What is mutagenic
Pyruvic acid is a product of what cycle?
What is the Krebs cycle
Collection of sputum either dislodged by coughing or
acquired via a catheter is a type of specimen from
What is the lung
An operon consists of a ___________ and a series of genes
WHat is a promoter
Transfer of genetic material that requires physical contact between donor and recipient cell
What is conjugation
Eukaryotic chromosomes have ___________ DNA
What is linear.
What is a substrate
The molecule that an enzyme acts upon
Different bacteria growing on media distinguished by Presence of visible changes in the medium and Differences in the appearance of colonies
What is differential?
In this type of mutation one base pair is affected
What is a point mutation
Two events activate the lac operon
What is Positive regulation by a protein called C A P
and Deactivation of a repressor molecule
The three types of horizontal gene transfer
What is conjugation, transformation and transduction