Microbiology Homework #8 Name ________________________
25 points- due ______________ VCC___________
CHAPTER 8- Microbial Genetics; Pathogens
(one point per number unless otherwise stated)
1. Explain what the difference is between a chromosome and a gene, which is longer?
2. Due to semiconservative DNA replication, each piece of DNA contains one _____________________
strand of DNA nucleotides and one __________________________ strand of DNA nucleotides.
3. Define the following words:
A. GENOTYPE:
B. PHENOTYPE:
4. Match the following terms: (2 points)
Conjugation Transduction Translation Plasmids
Transcription Binary Fission Transposons Transformation
___________________ The transfer of DNA from a donor to a recipient bacterial cell as naked
pieces of DNA in a solution
___________________ The process of asexual reproduction in bacterial cells
___________________ The process where mRNA is made from a gene
___________________ The transfer of DNA from a donor to a recipient bacterial cell through a
sex pilus
___________________ The transfer of DNA from a donor to a recipient bacterial cell by a
bacteriophage
___________________ The process of using mRNA, tRNA, ribosomes and amino acids to
produce a polypeptide
___________________ Small pieces of DNA that can move from one region in a DNA
molecule to another region; occurs rarely
___________________ Small pieces of DNA that are not necessary for the survival of a
bacterial cell, but which often have genes for antibiotic
resistance
