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Week 3_Systematic Bacteriology

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_______ is an evolutionary tree or a branching diagram or tree showing the "inferred" evolutionary relationship among various biological species or other entities

a)

Line graph

b)

Cladistic

c)

Phylogenetic

2.

What is the common ancestor of letters A, B, C, D and E?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

3.

What is the common ancestor of C and D?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

4.

Based on the sequences given, which is the most related to the bacteria X?

Bacteria X: GGC ACG TTA ATT GGC


bacteria A: GGC ATT CCG ATT GGC

bacteria B : GTC ACG TCC AGG CCA

bacteria C: GGC TCG TTA ATT GGC

bacteria D: GGC ACG TTA ATT TTA

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

5.

Microorganisms do not generally reproduce sexually, therefore species are usually defined by phenotypic and genotypic characterisation

a)

True

b)

False

6.

In an approach called _______ taxonomy, relatedness is determined by a wide range of phenotypic and genotypic information

a)

Polytypic

b)

Polygenetic

c)

Polyphasic

d)

Polyphenetic

7.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the phylum Proteobacteria?

a)

the phylum contains 5 classes

b)

they are the largest group of bacteria

c)

they are all Gram negative

d)

Staphylococcus is in this phylum

8.

E. coli belongs to which class of phylum Proteobacteria?

a)

Gammaproteobacteria

b)

Alphaproteobacteria

c)

Betaproteobacteria

d)

Deltaproteobacteria

9.

Which bacterial phylum belongs to 'low G+C Gram positive' bacteria?

a)

Proteobacteria

b)

Fermicutes

c)

Actinobacteria

d)

Cyanobacteria

10.

Photosynthetic, nitrogen fixing, similar to chloroplasts. Which phylum belongs to these characteristics?

a)

Proteobacteria

b)

Cyanobacteria

c)

Actinobacteria

d)

Fermicutes

11.

Usually Gram-positive, high GC, make antibiotics. These characteristics refer to which phylum?

a)

Actinobacteria

b)

Fermicutes

c)

Proteobacteria

d)

Bacteroidetes

12.

Gram-negative, spiral shaped, flagellated. These characteristics belong to which phylum?

a)

Cyanobacteria

b)

Proteobacteria

c)

Actinobacteria

d)

Spirochaetes

13.

Members of the phylum ________________, formerly known as the green nonsulphur bacteria, have primarily been associated with extreme habitats such as hot springs, and hypersaline environments where they are known as (filamentous) anoxygenic photothophs

a)

Bacteroidetes

b)

Chloroflexi

c)

Cyanobacteria

d)

Proteobacteria

14.

Which of the following method can best reveal the evolutionary phylogenetic relationship?

a)

16S rRNA sequencing

b)

Morphology

c)

Biochemical reaction

d)

Gram staining

15.

Which is the correct order of making phylogenetic tree?

a)

sequencing --> alignment --> amplification --> tree construction

b)

tree construction --> sequencing --> alignment --> amplification

c)

amplification --> sequencing--> alignment --> tree construction

d)

amplification --> alignment --> sequencing --> tree construction