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Pseudomonas


A) are resistant to many disinfectants and antimicrobials.
B) are mostly harmless except for the opportunistic P. aeruginosa.
C) require nutrient rich environments.
D) do not contain plasmids.
E) are resistant to many disinfectants and antimicrobials AND are mostly harmless except for the opportunistic P. aeruginosa.

F) None of the above
G) C) and D)

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Relatively little is known about many obligate anaerobes. Why might this be so?


A) The obligate aerobes are far more numerous, and also far more interesting.
B) It's much harder to provide the right atmospheric environment to cultivate obligate anaerobes, so it's been harder to study them.
C) Only obligate aerobes cause disease, so we've had little reason to study obligate anaerobes.
D) The majority of obligate anaerobes are very nutritionally fastidious, which has slowed their study.

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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The Gram-positive rod that is also acid-fast and is a human pathogen is


A) Corynebacterium diptheria.
B) Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
C) Streptococcus pyogenes.
D) Listeria monocytogenes.

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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Methanogens often grow in association with


A) nitrifying bacteria.
B) lithotrophic bacteria.
C) photosynthetic bacteria.
D) fermentative bacteria.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Anoxygenic phototrophs grow photosynthetically only under aerobic conditions.

A) True
B) False

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A particular characteristic of disease-causing Streptococcus is


A) catalase production.
B) beta-hemolysis.
C) lactic acid production.
D) growth at refrigerator temperatures.

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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Heterocysts


A) are found in nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria.
B) are used to protect nitrogenase.
C) produce catalase.
D) generate oxygen.
E) are found in nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria AND are used to protect nitrogenase.

F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

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Which causes uncontrolled growth of plant tissue, resulting in a tumor?


A) Rhizobium
B) Agrobacterium
C) Bacillus anthracis
D) Yersinia pestis

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Anoxygenic phototrophs


A) produce oxygen.
B) use water as a source of electrons.
C) use hydrogen sulfide or organic compounds as a source of electrons.
D) use the same form of chlorophyll found in terrestrial plants.
E) produce oxygen AND use the same form of chlorophyll found in terrestrial plants.

F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

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The lactobacilli, in their role as normal flora of the vagina, help the vagina resist infection by contributing to


A) the neutrality of the vaginal mucus.
B) acidity of the vagina.
C) food for the resident vaginal flora.
D) fertility of the host.

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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Obligate aerobes may transform energy via fermentation.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following microbes is(are) important to cheese-making?


A) lactic acid bacteria
B) Clostridium acetylbutylicum
C) Desuflovibrio
D) Propionibacterium
E) lactic acid bacteria AND Propionibacterium

F) All of the above
G) A) and C)

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