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Microbial Genetics
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Question 1 |
Why Deinococcus radiodurans is able to survive massive exposure to radiation?
Because it produces a thick shell which acts as a shield from the radiation | |
Because it has unique DNA repair mechanisms | |
Because its cellwall contains radioactive elements | |
Because it has many copies of genes encoding DNA repair |
Question 2 |
Which of the following organisms has the smallest genome?
H. influenzae | |
M. genitalium | |
M. tuberculosis | |
None of these |
Question 3 |
What is the range of minimum set of genes required for life?
50-100 genes | |
250-350 genes | |
1000-1500 genes | |
1500-2000 genes |
Question 4 |
Why the bacterium Treponema pallidum is difficult to culture?
Because it requires a great deal of water to reproduce | |
Because it is unable to use carbohydrates as an energy source | |
Because it lacks the genes needed for TCA cycle and oxidative phosphorylation | |
Because it requires extremely low temperature at which water freezes |
Question 5 |
Which of the following is the study of the molecular organization of genomes, their information content and the gene products they encode?
Genetics | |
Ergonomics | |
Genomics | |
Bioinformatics |
There are 5 questions to complete.