Bacteria – Immunology Competitive Review (Questions) 2009
1. Bacteria do not have a nucleus, so they are _______.
2. Name 2 of the criteria for the classification of bacteria.
3. What kingdom of bacteria lives in harsh environments and contained the first life forms? ich of the
following does not accurately describe Archaebacteria?
4. Bacteria that grow in tightly sealed jars and often die in the presence of oxygen are _____.
5. Which of the following is NOT a structure commonly found in bacteria?
A. pili
C. nucleus
E. flagella
B. ribosomes
D. DNA
6. Bacteria reproduce asexually by ___.
7. Bacteria reproduce sexually by ___.
8. An example of bioremediation is ____.
9. Where does hyperthermophilic bacteria live?
10. A bacterium that causes serious lung disease and eventually death is __.
11. Gram positive bacteria stains its color because its cell wall has few lipids and ____ peptidoglycan.
12. The primary stain used in the gram staining technique is ___.
13. The mordant that binds dye to the cell wall in the gram staining technique is ___.
14. The counter stain used in the gram staining technique is ___.
15. An anaerobic bacterium that is found in canned goods in ___.
16. A bacterium found in raw or undercooked eggs or poultry products is ___.
17. ___ kill bacteria on non-living surfaces.
18. Cross-contamination is __.
19. The “danger zone”, where bacteria begins to grow in food is between __ and ___ °F.
20. Are natural killer cells specific or non-specific defenses?
21. Is interferon a specific or non-specific defense?
22. In ___ immunity, antibodies from another individual are injected into the body of another.
23. In ____immunity , an individual is vaccinated against the disease or an individual has recovered from
the disease
24. ________immunity is when killer T cells attack any “non-self” cell.
25. Which of the following systems does NOT contain mucus membranes to trap pathogens?
a. reproductive
c. urinary
e. respiratory
b. nervous
d. digestive
26. The first immune cells to arrive at the site of infection are ___.
27. Cells that destroy cells marked by the antigen-antibody response are __.
28. Antibodies are manufactured by ___.
29. Antibodies are manufactured in response to the presence of ___.
30. Cells that remember how to make a specific anti-body are __.
31. _____travel to the site of infection and engulf invaders and dissolve them with lysosomes
32. Interferons are formed by cells in response to the presence of __.
33. Two functions of pili are _____ and ______.
34. Gram negative bacteria stains _____ (color).
35. A structure formed by bacteria in extreme stress conditions is a(n) ______.
36. Name two things gram-staining tells us about bacteria.
37. Heat, redness, and swelling at the site of tissue damage is called the _______ reaction.
38. List three ways that skin provides protection from infection.
39. B cells originate in _____ tissue.
40. T cells originate in _____ tissue.
Bacteria – Immunology
Competitive Review (Answers) 2009
1. prokaryotic
2. (any two of the following)
a. shape and grouping
b. composition of cell wall
c. DNA sequences
d. presence or absence of peptidoglycan
3. Archaebacteria
4. anaerobic
5. nucleus
6. binary fission
7. conjugation
8. using bacteria to clean up oil spills
9. high temperature, low pH
10. tuberculosis
11. much
12. crystal violet
13. iodine
14. safranin
15. Clostridium botulinum (Botulism)
16. Salmonella
17. disinfectants
18. contaminant transfer from one food to another
19. 45, 140
20. non-specific
21. non-specific
22. passive
23. active
24. cell mediated
25. nervous
26. phagocytes
27. macrophages
28. B cells
29. antigens
30. memory B cells
31. phagocytes
32. viruses
33. attachment, sexual reproduction
34. pink
35. endospore
36. structure of cell wall, which antibiotic
will work
37. inflammatory / inflammation
38. physical barrier, slightly acidic, presence
of oil
39. bone
40.thymus