Bacteriology

How can specialized transduction contribute to the transfer of antibiotic resistance genes in a bacterial population? A) The phage causes the destruction of any antibiotic present during the specialized transduction process. B) The prophage takes an antibiotic resistance gene with it and is packaged with the newly synthesized viral DNA. C) The phage lyses the … Read more

What is the function of the conjugation pilus? A) It converts F- cells into F+ cells. B) It carries the chromosome of F- cells. C) It contains an F plasmid. D) It pulls the F+ and F- cells together.

Which of the following builds new strands of DNA? A) Parental DNA B) The origins of replication C) The lagging strand D) DNA polymerases E) The leading strand

During DNA replication, which nucleotide will bind to an A nucleotide in the parental DNA? A) U B) T C) G

The molecule that seals the gaps between the pieces of DNA in the lagging strand is: A) RNA B) The replication fork C) DNA ligase D) The leading strand E) DNA polymerase

Which statement about DNA replication is FALSE? A) The lagging strand is made of a series of pieces that must be joined together to make a continuous strand. B) DNA replication of parental DNA is separated during replication. C) DNA ligase adds nucleotides to the lagging strand. D) Because the two strands of parental DNA … Read more

Transcription produces which of the following? A) mRNA B) iRNA C) tRNA D) mRNA and tRNA E) mRNA and RNA F) mRNA, tRNA, and rRNA are all produced by transcription.

According to the animation, which of the following makes mRNA from the information stored in a DNA template? A) tRNA B) Ribosomes C) DNA polymerase D) RNA polymerase

How does specialized transduction differ from regular transduction? A) The prophage is not excised during specialized transduction. B) The resulting bacteriophage from specialized transduction does not contain any viral DNA. C) The resulting bacteriophage from specialized transduction cannot infect a new host cell. D) The prophage in specialized transduction carries with it pieces of the … Read more

What happens to the packaged DNA of a specialized transduced phage when it infects a new recipient cell? A) The DNA is chewed up by enzymes found in the recipient cell. B) The host DNA integrates, with the prophage, into the new recipient chromosome. C) The DNA begins to replicate without integrating into the host … Read more