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OPENSTAX MICROBIOLOGY TEST BANK OPENSTAX ACTUAL EXAM NEWEST VERSION -2025/2026- WITH 100+ QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% SUCCESS)
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which of the following individules argued in favor of the theory of spontaneous generation? Lazzardo spallanzani louis pasture francesco redi john needham John needham which of the following terms refers to a bacterial cell having a single tuft (grouping) of flagella at one end? Peritrichious lophotrichious amphitritious monotrichious lopotrichious Prokaryotic flagella move in a whip like motion to propel a bacterium forward in a straight line.
true false false which of the following developed a set of postulates for determing wheather a particular disease is caused by a particular pathogen? John snow robert koch joseph lister louis pasteur Robert Koch which of the following organelles is not part of the endomembrane system? ER peroxisome Golgi apparatus lysosome Peroxisome
Which of the following refers to the type of interaction between two prokaryotic populations in which one population benefits and the other is not affected? neutralism Mutualism Parasitism Commensalism Commensalism All Alphaproteobacteria are which of the following? a. oligotrophs b. intracellular c. pathogenic d. all of the above e. none of the above Oligothrophs Class betaproteobacteria includes all but which of the following genera? Campylonacter Bordetella Leptothrix neisseria Campylobacter
Which of the following is the organelle that spiochetes use to propel themselves? Fimbria Pilium Plasma membrane Axial filament Axial filament Archea and bacteria are most similar in terms of their? genetics unicellular structure ecology cell wall structure Unicellular structure Which of the following is true of archea that produce methane? They are always anaerobes They live in the most extreme enviornments They reduce carbon dioxide in the presence of nitrogen They have been discovered on mars
Plasmodium Which protist is a concern because of its ability to contaminate water supplies and cause diarrheal illness? Trichomonal vaginalis Plasmodium vivax giardia lamblia toxoplama gondii Giardia Lambila A fluke is classified within which of the following? Nematoda Plathyhelmintes rotifera Annelida Platyhelminthes A nonsegmented worm is found during a routine colonoscophy of an individual who reported having abdominal cramps nausea and vomiting. This worm is likely which of the following?
annelid fluke trematode nematode Nematode A segmented worm has male and female reproductive organs in each segment. Some use hoods to attatch to the intestinal wall. Which type of worm is this? Nematode Cestode annelid fluke Cestode Which of the following is the most common cause of human yeast infections? Blastomyses dermatidis Cryptococcus Neoformans candida albicas Asperfillus fumigatus candida albicas which protist are associated with red tides?
Which organism is best known as the brain eating Amoeba? Giardia lambila entamoeba histolytia Naegleria Foweri Acanthmoeba keratitis Naegleria Fowleri Which of the following is a parasitic ciliate? Balantidium coli Paramecium caudatum escherichia coli stentor coeruleus Balantidium coli African sleeping sickness is caused by which pathogen? Giardia lambia Plasmodium vivax toxoplama gondii trpanosoma bruceii Trypanosoma bruceii
cestodes are often transmitted via which of the following? Open wounds in the skin undercooked meats insects aerosols Undercooked meats Which of the following is a dimorphic fungus? Toxoplasma gondii saccharomyces cerevisiae histoplasma cansulatum Histoplasma cansulatum Which fungus is common in the microbiota of a healthy individual? Candida albicans Rhixopus stolonifera histoplasma capsulatum Aspergillus aculeatus Candida albicans
Enterbius schistosoma dipylobrothrium 1 ingestion of contamited foods 2Scratching of the anus 3 exposure to fresh water snails 4ingestion of undercooked meats 1234 Pathogenic plathyhelminthes are hermaphrodites what does this term mean why is this an advantage trait? They have both male and female parts in their sections. They can reproduce rapidly with another within its species. It does not have to look for a mate. Is it possible to contract malaria in the United States why or why not? We do not have a high enough temp for the correct species of mosquito. We would need the same species of mosquito and someone who contracted it in another country. It is almost impossible. The component of a virus is that extended from the envelope for attatchment is the? Capsomeres whispers
nucleic acid spikes spikes which of the following does a virus lack? Membrane glycoprotein nucleic acid ribosomes Membrane ribosomes The envelope of a virus is derived from the hosts? nucleic acids membrane structures cytoplasm genome Membrane structures
which of the following individuals did not contribute to the establishment of cell theory? Robert Remak Matthias scheleiden Giolamo Fracastoro Robert Hooke Girolamo Fracastoro Which of the following components is brought into a cell by HIV? DNA-dependent DNA polymerase Reverse transcriptase ribosome RNA polymerase reverse transcriptase Which of the following does not have nucelic acids? Pirons viruses viriods bacteria Pirons
A virus that infects a bacterium is called a Bacteriophage A virus possesses characteristics of both a polyhedral and helical virus? complex Cell abnormalities resulting from a viral infection are called ____________ _____________. Cytopathic effects Which of the following is not a property of a virus It genome consists of DNA or RNA It is infectious cellular pathogen it is obligate intracellular pathogen its genome is surrounded by a protein capsid it is infectious cellular pathogen The protein subunits that surround the nnucleic acid of a virus are known as which of the following
Virus Piron Bacterium piron List the 5 steps of viral relication in correct order Attatchment penetration biosynthesis maturation release Why do DNA viruses enter the hosts cell nucleus to complete the biosynthesis step of viral replication? what do they need fro nucleus? The nucleus must be entered so the virus can take over the cells enzymes. The virus uses our cells mechanics to make more of itself. Why is a lusogenic virus such as HIV difficult to treat with medications that block biosynthetic enzymes. Because it becomes part of the cell. We cannot kill it with out killing our cell. They live in our cells that are designed to kill foreign invadors. which of the following molecules is reduced? FAD NADH o
During the breakdown of glucose in glycosis which of the following is produced? Pyruvate NADH ATP NADH During the breakdown of glucose, which of the following is produced only during the kreb's cycle? NADH ATP NADPH FADH FADH Which of the following results in the conversation of a two carbon acetyl group to one ATP,two CO2, one FADH, and threee NADH molecules? fermentation Krebs cycle