Bacteria Test '24 - Stephen J Ryan | Library

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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of bacterial cells?

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Which organelle is responsible for protein synthesis in bacteria cells?

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What is the function of pili in bacteria cells?

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What is the primary method of reproduction in bacteria?

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What is the process of bacterial conjugation mainly utilized for?

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Match the following characteristics to their corresponding process.

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Match the definitions to the corresponding bacterial processes.

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Where does the initial "seeding" (beginning) of your microbiome come from?

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How does your microbiome help "educate" your immune system?

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A healthy gut microbiome has very little diversity (different types of bacteria) - it is better to have only one or a few types of bacteria in the gut.

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What might explain the huge increase in diseases like food allergies, asthma and diseases of the gut like IBS or colitis? (select all that are correct)

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What would be the easiest way to make your gut microbiome function better in making you healthy?

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Select the possible strategies that antibiotics use to kill bacteria

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Which antibiotic is most effective at killing this type of bacterium?

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Imagine as a doctor you have sampled the bacterium making your patient sick and grew the bacterium (the orange color lawn) on a petri dish. You then test 5 antibiotics to see which to prescribe to your patient. From the image that shows the results of your testing below, which antibiotic will you choose to give to your patient? Explain how you made your choice.

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What is a multi-drug resistant bacteria ("superbug")?

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Use this image to explain how a population of bacteria become resistant to an antibiotic. Start with the image on the left and move from left to right explaining what is happening to the bacterial population. Make sure you use vocabulary like mutation, selection and reproduction.