Download 59 Questions on Terminology in Microbiology - Exam | BIOL 2230 and more Exams Microbiology in PDF only on Docsity! BIOL 2230 REEDER TERMINOLOGY #2 1. Holozoic vs. holophytic nutrition- 2. Necessary requirements for bacterial growth a. Energy b. Water c. Carbon d. Nitrogen e. Certain inorganic ions 3. obligate, facultative, microaerophilic, aerotolerant- 4. Mesophiles, psychrophiles, thermophiles- 5. Significance of superoxide dismutase and catalase to both aerobes and obligate anaerobes- 6. Osmotic pressure and its significance to bacterial lysis- 7. Bacterial growth- 8. exponential or logarithmic growth- 17. Metabolism (anabolism/catabolism) - 18. Redox reactions (Oxidation/Reduction: distinguish & give examples of oxidants and reductants) - 19. Phosphorylation (oxidative/substrate level)- 20. Three catabolic reactions required by most life forms โ 21. Two useable energy forms generated via catabolism โ 22. Respiratory chain โ 23. Nutritional classification of microorganisms based on (a) carbon source and (b) method of ATP & reducing power generation (describe in detail with examples) - 24. Chemoautotrophs and Chemosynthesis (include categories) - 25. Bacterial Photoautotrophs with types: cyanobacterial or oxigenic vs. noncyanobacterial or anoxygenic - 26. Noncyclic Photophosphorylation - (photosystems II and I) and CO2 fixation - 27. Fermentation by microbes (include categories)- 28. Aerobic respiration by microbes โ (include metabolic mechanisms involved) - 38. allosteric enzymes โ 39. Spontaneous vs. induced mutations (include mutagenic agents) - 40. Four Types of Mutations with their possible results - 41. DNA Repair Systems (3 types) and their significance - 42. Ames Test - 43. Bacterial transformation โ 44. Bacterial transduction โ 45. phage (plus distinguish virulent type from temperate) - 46. lytic cycle and lysogenic conversion - 47. prophage - 48. Specialized vs. General Transduction - 49. Conjugation by bacteria - 50. F+ and F- cells โ
