Bacteria
The phase of bacterial growth in which the bacteria become accustomed to their environment
What is the lag phase?
Viruses that have their genetic material in the form of RNA
What are Retroviruses?
The products of β-oxidation
What are acetyl CoA, NADH and H+ and FADH2?
The start codon which codes for methionine
What is AUG?
Organisms that break chemical bonds to produce energy
What is a chemotroph?
Location of DNA in bacteria
What is the nucleoid?
The outermost layer of a viral particle that not all viruses have
What is an envelope?
The complexes in the electron transport chain that pump H+ into the intermembrane space
What are Complexes I, III and IV?
The five classes of immunoglobulins
What are D, G, A, M and E?
Bacteria that cannot grow in temperatures above 20°C
What are psychrophiles?
Bacteria use for them motility
What are flagella?
The viral genome when integrated into the host genome
What is a prophage?
The enzyme that catalyzes the second irreversible step in glycolysis
What is Phosphofructokinase 1?
The six mechanisms of action of antibacterial drugs
What are replication, transcription, translation, cell wall synthesis and cell membrane maintenance and essential metabolite synthesis?
This bacteria is used to produce ascorbic acid industrially
What is Acetobacter sp.?
Lipopolysaccharides that are apart of the outer membrane of Gram negative bacteria and can cause inflammation
What are endotoxins?
The spot on a bacterial lawn indicative of viral replication
What is a plaque?
The three positively charged amino acids
What are Lysine, Arginine and Histidine?
A known oligonucleotide with an attached label
What is a probe?
The GLUT protein on cell surfaces that transports glucose into the cell
What is GLUT-2?
The two major constituents of the peptidoglycan layer
What are - N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetylmuramic acid?
Virus aided horizontal gene transfer in bacteria
What is transduction?
An inborn error of metabolism of this amino acid causes albinism
What is Tyrosine?
The two main ways of transcription termination in bacteria
What are GC rich inverted repeats followed by AT rich regions and Rho?
The bacteria that is one of the most radiation-resistant known to man
What is Deinococcus radiodurans?