Exam 1: Introduction to Microbes and Their Building Blocks

The building blocks of an enzyme are ________.

What type of bonds are formed between adjacent amino acids?

Which statement correctly compares the sizes of different microorganisms?

All of the following are lipids except ________.

Living things ordinarily too small to be seen with the unaided eye are termed ________.

One distinguishing characteristic of the archaebacteria is that they live in extreme environments.

Many chronic conditions are found to be associated with microbial agents.

All proteins are enzymes.

The surgeon who advocated using disinfectants on hands and in the air prior to surgery was ________.

As Ms. Smith progresses with her plan of care, the RN provides education regarding beneficial applications of microbes. Scientists use microbes to produce drugs, hormones, and enzymes. This type of biotechnology involves the transfer of foreign genetic material into a microbe, a process called ________.

Carl Woese and George Fox developed the three-domain system of taxonomy based on what molecular discovery?

Which activity is an example of biotechnology?

Nucleic acids have primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary levels of organization.

A scientist studying helminths is working with bacteria.

The first cells appeared about ________ billion years ago.

The lipid group that serves as energy storage molecules is ________.

What part of a phospholipid forms hydrophobic tails?

ATP is best described as ________.

All of the following are monosaccharides except ________.

Disease-causing microorganisms are called ________.