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- This quiz has been taken 9 times
- The average score is 5 of 15
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| 3. Direct transfer between two bacteria requiring contact? | Conjugation | 67%
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| In what direction does the flagellum of a bacteria turn in order to make it swim? | Counter clockwise | 67%
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| What is the most common cause of urinary tract infection? | E. Coli | 67%
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| There are three key ways that bacteria acquire/transfer DNA.1. What is the term for the transfer from bacteriophage viruses? | Transduction | 56%
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| When bacterial cell density reaches a certain level pathogens may switch on their virulence genes, what is the detecting of this called? | Quorum sensing | 44%
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| What is the general term for molecules that allow bacteria to stick to host cell membranes? | Adhesins | 33%
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| What stalk like molecule is used by this bacteria to bind bladder cells? | Pili | 33%
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| 2. Uptake from dead/lysed bacteria? | Transformation | 33%
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| What is the name for insertable regions of DNA that hve picked up useful genes e.g. antibiotic resistance? | Transposon | 33%
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| In pathogenic bacteria genes involved in virulence in specific concentrated areas, referred to as what? | Pathogenicity islands | 22%
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| What is the term used to describe the regulsted expression of networks of operons (regulons)? | Global regulation | 11%
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| What signalling pathway is typically used by bacteria to sense their environment? | Histadine-aspartate-phosphorelay | 11%
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| What is the name for the DNA elements that are randomly captured and inserted in DNA rearrangements? | Insertion sequences | 11%
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| What is the term for communities of this bacteria that invade the underlying epithelium allowing them to evade antibiotic treatment? | Quiescent reservoirs | 11%
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| What happens to the bacteria when it goes in the other direction? | Tumble | 11%
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