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  • Question
  • Eukaryotic cell organelles first emerged


  • Options
  • A. from a specialized lineage of cells within the kingdom Protista
  • B. when prokaryotes engulfed each other and became interdependent
  • C. when bacteria made their first attempts at reproduction
  • D. just before the origin of the animal and fungal kingdoms

  • Correct Answer
  • when prokaryotes engulfed each other and became interdependent 


  • More questions

    • 1. A level of regulation, demonstrated by the termination of transcription if tryptophan is abundant, by the tryptophan operon in E.coli cells is called

    • Options
    • A. activation
    • B. attenuation
    • C. corepression
    • D. desiccation
    • Discuss
    • 2. In DNA sequencing, the primer

    • Options
    • A. specifies where the sequence ends
    • B. specifies where the sequence begins
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. generates variety of different sized fragments
    • Discuss
    • 3. Some microorganisms have the ability to increase the nitrogen content of soils, are called as

    • Options
    • A. nitrogen fixation
    • B. denitrification
    • C. nitrification
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 4. The cloning step in PCR/sequencing analysis of microbial communities is necessary for

    • Options
    • A. the amplification process
    • B. preventing contamination by outside DNA
    • C. separating the different rRNA gene sequences in the mixture
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. A dense bacterial population caught in a tangled web of fibers sticking to a surface describes

    • Options
    • A. coagulation
    • B. a biodisc
    • C. a biofilm
    • D. the membrane filter technique
    • Discuss
    • 6. Precipitation reaction is relatively less sensitive for the detection of

    • Options
    • A. antigens
    • B. antigen-antibody complexes
    • C. antibodies
    • D. complement
    • Discuss
    • 7. The main difference between a self-transmissible and a mobilizable plasmid is that the self-transmissible plasmid

    • Options
    • A. transfers both strands of the plasmid DNA
    • B. carries genes encoding the mating apparatus
    • C. transfers antibiotic resistance genes
    • D. usually has a transposon inserted into it
    • Discuss
    • 8. Cheese cancer of Swiss and similar cheese is caused by

    • Options
    • A. Oospora Crustacea
    • B. Oospora caseovorans
    • C. Oospora aurianticum
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. A major organism used in commercial bioleaching for copper recovery is

    • Options
    • A. Desulfovibrio desulfuricans
    • B. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
    • C. Aspergillus niger
    • D. Thiobacillus ferrooxidans
    • Discuss
    • 10. The organism used to produce L-glutamic acid is

    • Options
    • A. Micrococcus glutamicus
    • B. Brevibacterium aminogenes
    • C. Arthrobacter globiformis
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss


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