The Basics

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(Gene Transfer) Medical Microbiology Test sobre The Basics, creado por gina_evans0312 el 08/02/2014.
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Pregunta 1

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

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
What is a Pan-Genome?
Respuesta
  • 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

Pregunta 3

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

Pregunta 4

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

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
Integrated DNA can be stabilised by homologous recombination of the new DNA
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 6

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