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Example Question #22 : Microorganisms And Viruses
Which of these is not a characteristic of prokaryotic organisms?
Nucleus
Lipid bilayer
Cell wall
Ribosomes
DNA and RNA
Nucleus
A membrane-bound nucleus is not present in prokaryotic organisms. All other structures can be found in prokaryotes.
Example Question #911 : Ap Biology
Antibiotic susceptibility tests were developed by disc method.
What is the zone of inhibition in this method?
The periphery where the bacteria is growing
The area of clearing of the bacteria surrounding the disc
The growth media under the antibiotic disc
The total area of the petri dish
The number of bacteria per milliliter of broth culture spread onto the plate
The area of clearing of the bacteria surrounding the disc
The zone of inhibition is the zone around the disc that the antibiotic killed the bacteria.
Example Question #912 : Ap Biology
A student notices that she can lyse plant cells under a microscope using an enzyme she found in class. She performs some additional experiments and determines that the enzyme is breaking down the cell wall of these cells causing them to lyse. She thinks that this same enzyme could be used to lyse bacterial cells. Will this enzyme work on bacteria? Why or why not?
Yes, because bacteria have cells walls that are made up of the same molecules as plant cell walls
No, because the bacteria are too small for this enzyme to affect it
No, because bacteria don't have cell walls
No, because bacteria have cell walls that are made up of chitin
No, because the plant cell wall and bacterial cell what are made up of different molecules
No, because the plant cell wall and bacterial cell what are made up of different molecules
Bacteria have a cell wall made up of peptidoglycan, while plant cells have a cell wall made up of cellulose. The enzyme used by this student is cleaving the cellulose in the plant cell wall, causing these cells to lyse. This enzyme would not be able to cleave peptidoglycan because the molecules are structurally and chemically different.
Example Question #913 : Ap Biology
The lack of a nucleus in bacterial cells allows what two cellular processes to occur in tandem?
Glycolysis and the Krebs cycle
Translation and protein export
ATP synthesis and translation
Transcription and translation
Transcription and protein folding
Transcription and translation
Since DNA is not separated from the cytosol in bacterial cells, nascent messenger RNAs that are being transcribed by RNA polymerase can be bound by ribosomes and translation can be initiated before the entire mRNA is even transcribed. All other processes listed may occur simultaneously in prokaryotic and/or eukaryotic cells.
Example Question #914 : Ap Biology
Bacteria normally reproduce asexually by binary fission. However bacteria can directly transfer DNA between each other in a form of sexual reproduction. What is this process called?
Transformation
Transduction
Conjugation
Meiosis
Crossing over
Conjugation
There are three processes in which bacteria can acquire new novel genes/alleles for genes. Transformation happens when bacteria uptake naked DNA from the environment and assemble it into their genome. Transduction happens when a phage transfer DNA from one bacteria to another. Transduction is the direct transfer of DNA from a donor bacteria to a recipient bacteria and is often referred to as "bacterial sex."
Example Question #915 : Ap Biology
In eukaryotic cells, the electron transport proteins are located in the inner mitochondrial membrane. Where are they located in bacterial cells?
In the nuclear membrane
In the cytosol
In the plasma membrane
In the cell wall
In the periplasm
In the plasma membrane
Since bacterial cells lack mitochondria, the proteins that make up the electron transport chain reside in the plasma membrane and pump protons from the cytosol into the periplasm. There is no nuclear membrane in bacterial cells since bacteria lack nuclei.
Example Question #916 : Ap Biology
In aerobic bacteria, in what part of the cell is the electron transport chain located?
The mitochondrial inner membrane
The cell wall
The nucleoid
The cytosol
The plasma membrane
The plasma membrane
In the mitochondria of eukaryotic cells, the electron transport chain is located in the inner membrane. Mitochondria are believed to be descended from bacteria that were long ago engulfed by other prokaryotic cells, producing the first eukaryotic cells. The outer membrane of mitochondria can be thought of being derived from the vesicle that was used to engulf the bacterial cell, and the inner membrane can be thought of being derived from the plasma membrane of the original bacterium.
Example Question #31 : Microorganisms And Viruses
Gram-negative bacteria are __________ than Gram-positive bacteria to most antibiotics because __________.
less resistant . . . they lack the lipopolysaccharide layer that retains the Gram stain and would protect their plasma membrane from the antibiotics
more resistant . . . they have an outer membrane made of lipopolysaccharide that blocks the peptidoglycan cell wall from the Gram stain and protects it from antibiotics
more resistant . . . they have an outer membrane made of lipopolysaccharide that blocks the cellulose cell wall from the Gram stain and protects it from antibiotics
less resistant . . . they lack the peptidoglycan layer that retains the Gram stain and would protect their plasma membrane from the antibiotic
more resistant . . . they have an outer membrane made of peptidoglycan that blocks the lipopolysaccharide cell wall from the Gram stain and protects it from antibiotics
more resistant . . . they have an outer membrane made of lipopolysaccharide that blocks the peptidoglycan cell wall from the Gram stain and protects it from antibiotics
In Gram staining, the dye is retained by the peptidoglycan cell wall, which in Gram-positive bacteria, is very thick and is the outermost layer of the bacterial cell. This peptidoglycan cell wall is also what is targeted by most antibiotics. In Gram-negative bacteria, there is a layer of peptidoglycan but it is very thin and is protected from both the Gram stain and most antibiotics by an outer membrane made of lipopolysaccharides. One of the incorrect answers mentions a cell wall made of cellulose, but that is what makes up the cell walls of plants, not bacteria.
Example Question #917 : Ap Biology
Which of the following is the term used to describe reproduction in bacteria?
Binary fission
Translation
Transduction
Transformation
Conjugation
Binary fission
Binary fission is the process by which bacteria use to reproduce. Transduction and conjugation and transformation are all processes by which bacteria exchange genetic material (usually in the form of plasmids). Reproduction occurs rapidly though binary fission.
Example Question #918 : Ap Biology
Which of the following items is not found in prokaryotic cells?
Microtubules
Mitochondria
Cell wall
Vesicles
Ribosomes
Mitochondria
The correct answer is mitochondria. This organelle is found in eukaryotic cells, which means that prokaryotic cells generate ATP through other means. All other items listed are found in prokaryotic cells.