Morphology + Metabolism
What element is only present in organic compounds?
Carbon
Which structure is responsible for producing protein in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes?
Ribosome
Which phase of the microbial growth curve shows a plateau in the number living bacterium?
Stationary
Cellular respiration produces energy in the form of what molecule?
ATP (adenosine triphosphate)
Sulfamethoxazole + trimethoprim (SMZ/TMP) is commonly prescribed to treat urinary tract infections (UTIs). What is the brand name of this medication?
Bactrim
What shape of bacterium resemble a comma?
Vibrio
Which motility structure moves in a propeller-like motion?
Flagella
What theory supports eukaryotes (including organelles) evolved as a result of prokaryotic engulfment?
Endosymbiotic Theory (Endosymbiosis)
Aerobic respiration takes place in which organelle?
Mitochondira
What is the most common adverse drug reaction (ADE) to antibiotics?
N/V/D (GI upset)
The formation of complex molecules from simpler ones describes what types of metabolic reaction?
Anabolic
Which unique prokaryote does not contain a cell wall?
Mycoplasma
The administration of what type of therapy results in direct damage to DNA?
Radiation
What type of aerobic cellular respiration process is an example of an amphibolic reaction?
Krebs (citric acid) Cycle
What class of antibiotics is penicillin (i.e. MOA) part of?
Beta-lactam
What type of bacterium require the consumption of other organisms as an energy source?
Heterotrophs
Which process optimizes microbial growth via movement in response to environmental stimuli?
Taxis
What drug resistance type describes bacteria that are resistant to all antibiotics?
Pan-drug resistance
Where does anaerobic respiration occur within a bacterial cell?
Cytoplasm
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin by isolating which bacteria?
Staphylococcus
Sarcinas is an arrangement of how many bacterium?
Eight (8)
Which unique prokaryote produces exospores?
Cyanobacteria
Lactobicillis
The fermentation of which acid is responsible for the production of beauty products (nail polish)?
Butyric acid
Which microbiologist was also a pharmacist (Hooke, van Leeuwenhoek, Koch or Pasteur)?
Louis Pasteur