The Basics

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Medical Microbiology (Gene Transfer) Quiz am The Basics, erstellt von gina_evans0312 am 08/02/2014.
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Frage 1

Frage
Bacteria can lose and acquire genes to/from the environment using mobile elements that can be shared between species
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 2

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What is a Pan-Genome?
Antworten
  • The sum of all core and accessory genes of a species
  • The sum of all core and accessory genes of an individual
  • The sum of all core and accessory genes of a strain

Frage 3

Frage
What is the main pathological effect of Horizontal Gene Transfer?
Antworten
  • Can make non-pathogen strains pathogenic
  • Excess DNA damages local cells
  • Release of DNA diverts bacterial energy to virulence

Frage 4

Frage
What is described here- Bacteriophages that have been incorporated into the genome
Antworten
  • Prophages
  • Metaphages
  • Intephages

Frage 5

Frage
Integrated DNA can be stabilised by homologous recombination of the new DNA
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 6

Frage
Which other methods allow the new DNA strands to integrate?
Antworten
  • Persistence of the episome (i,e, freely replicating plasmids)
  • Integrations by the bacteriophage
  • Illegitimate incorporation (i.e. Ds break repair)
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