MICRO ORGANISMS QUIZ

What is the range of minimum set of genes required for life?

1500-2000 genes

250-350 genes

1000-1500 genes

50-100 genes

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Which of the following organisms has the smallest genome?

None of these

M. genitalium

H. influenzae

M. tuberculosis

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Which of the following is concerned with the management and analysis of biological data using computers?

Biomechanics

Bioinformatics

Genomics

Bio-physics

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The flow of genetic material in microbial cells usually takes place from

none of these

RNA through DNA to proteins

proteins through RNA to DNA

DNA through RNA to proteins

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Proteomics is

a branch of quantum physics dealing with proteins

the study of the entire collection of proteins expressed by an organism

the study of formation of lipo-protein in animals

the study of algal genomes

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Why Deinococcus radiodurans is able to survive massive exposure to radiation?

Because its cellwall contains radioactive elements

Because it has many copies of genes encoding DNA repair

Because it produces a thick shell which acts as a shield from the radiation

Because it has unique DNA repair mechanisms

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Studies of similarities and differences among the genomes of multiple organisms is carried out in

functional genomics

proteomics

comparative genomics

structural genomics

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Which type of genomics studies the transcripts and proteins expressed by a genome?

Comparative genomics

Structural genomics

Functional genomics

Proteo genomics

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The species of bacteria, which possesses 250 genes for lipid biosynthesis is

H. influenzae

M. tuberculosis

M. genitalium

E. coli

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The word, used for the small solid supports onto which are spotted hundreds of thousands of tiny drops of DNA that can be used to screen gene expression, is

DNA microarrays

northern blot

cloning library

southern blot

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