Imagine that you are a researcher who has discovered a mutant fungus that produces extra-thick septa that allow for only minimal transfer of nutrients through them. You should expect that, when compared to the normal fungus, this mutant will
a. be extremely resistant to antibiotics used to treat bacterial infections.
b. digest food more efficiently.
c. grow more slowly.
d. divide more rapidly.
e. make more extensive use of cytoplasmic streaming.
C
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The Reference Method for Broth Dilution Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Filamentous Fungi; Approved Standard (M38-A2) describes the guidelines for antifungal susceptibility test-ing for molds. The suspension must be standardized with a spectrophotometer. Susceptibility testing is determined by which method?
a. Disk diffusion b. Microdilution c. Broth dilution d. Immunodiffusion
The exotoxin produced by Corynebacterium diphtheriae
A. causes an inflammatory response. B. may destroy cardiac and kidney tissue. C. causes the formation of a pseudomembrane on the respiratory mucosa. D. All of the choices are correct.
Which of the following is not a characteristic of epithelial tissue?
A. The layers consist of loosely packed cells. B. It lines the covering of hollow organs. C. It lines the covering of the inside of hollow organs. D. It anchors to other tissue by an extracellular matrix. E. Adjacent cells in the tissue are connected by tight junctions.
How is the four-letter language of nucleic acids converted into the twenty-word language of amino acids?
a. The four nucleic acid bases combine in two-letter combinations that define different amino acids. b. The four nucleic acid bases combine in three-letter sequences that define different amino acids. c. Triplets of the two-letter nucleic acid bases are translated into the twenty different amino acids. d. The four bases each specify one amino acid, which in combination give rise to the remaining sixteen amino acids. e. The four bases are first converted into tRNA molecules, which can each attach to five amino acids.