Bacterial Business
Viruses
Eukaryotic Microbes
Anything Goes
100

This component of the bacterial cell wall is never found in other types of organisms

Peptidoglycan

100

This is the protein part of a virus.

Caspid



100

In fungi, this filamentous structure grows and branches to form the mycelium.

hypha

100

This type of reaction converts ATP to ADP through a process called hydrolysis.

What is catabolic?

200

The movement of bacteria in response to chemical signals.

Chemotaxis

200

This is the type of nucleic acid found in a viral genome.

DNA or RNA (but never both)



200

Fungal _____________ are important for this biological process, allowing fungi to spread and survive in harsh conditions.

Spores

200

In anaerobic respiration, where does oxidative phosphorylation occur?

What is the cell membrane?

300

This Gram negative feature qualifies as an endotoxin

Lipid A of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)

300

This structure allows the specific interaction between a virus and its host cell.


Spike protein



300

Cilia are structures for motility found primarily in _________.

Protozoa

300

Once a certain concentration of product is reached, this type of molecule will slow down an enzyme's activity through non-competitive inhibition.

What is a regulatory molecule?

400

This structure found in prokaryotes and eukaryotes differs in size (measured Svedberg units).

Ribosome

400

Retroviruses use reverse transcriptase to make this.

DNA copy of an RNA genome

400

This stage of a helminth’s life cycle is often microscopic and infective to humans or animals, allowing transmission between hosts.

larval stage (or infective larva)

400

These two nucleotides form 3 hydrogen bonds DNA's double helix.

What is Guanine and Cytosine?

500

Lysozyme is most effective against _________.

Gram-positive organisms


500

This happens when bacteria acquire a new trait from temperate phage.

Lysogenic conversion



500

The motile, feeding stage of protozoa is called the _________blank.

Trophozoite

500

If cells are placed in a solution with a high concentration of sugar, water leaves the cell causing the cells to shrink. This process is known as ________.

What is crenation?