BIOL 3702 Exam 4 X15

1. Variant strains characterized by biochemical or physiological differences
3. An organism that grows on decomposing organic matter
5. One of three nutritional types among protists
6. The fruiting body of a basidiomycete that contains basidia.
8. Capture energy by oxidizing hydrogen, thiosulfate and sulfer with oxygen as the terminal electron acceptor
10. Members of this genus are often sold for their probiotic activity
13. Used by hyperthermophiles to prevent the denaturing of their DNA
15. Often referred to as green algae
16. Bacteria that are resistant to radiation that results from their ability to repair a severely damaged genome
17. Clostridia often can ferment amino acids to produce ATP by oxidizing one amino acid while using the other as an electron accepter
21. Disease-causing agent first recognized in 1789 that leads to paralysis
22. Genus of Rhizobiales that causes undulant fever
24. A small random genetic change that occurs over generations
25. Enzyme that hydrolyzes the mucus covering the epithelium
26. “False feet” used by phylum amoeboza. for locomotion and feeding

2. Site of anaerobic ammonia oxidation
4. An important green house gas
7. Simpliest true fungi, not considered monophyletic
9. Bacterial species responsible for the death of Kermit’s daddy
11. Eukaryotic organisms that are spore-bearing, have absorptive nutrition, lack chlorophyll, and reproduce sexually and asexually.
12. Gram-negative obligate intracellular parasite responsible for the most common STD in humans
14. Intracellular, solid protein crystal made by the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis.
18. Formed when hyphae fragment through splitting of the cell wall or septum.
19. Type of virus to which HIV belongs
20. Among the smallest found among bacteria and are capable of self-reproduction
23. Name for the protist cell membrane