Which one of the following statements about mycoplasma is wrong?
Mycoplasmas lack a cell wall.
Mycoplasmas are facultative anaerobes.
Mycoplasmas have a rigid cell wall.
Mycoplasmas have a small genome.
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Which is correct for the structure of cell wall of bacteria and fungi?
Both are made up of cellulose
Both have mucopeptide
Both are made up of N-acetylglucosamine
None of the above
Colourless, unicellular, cell wall bound spherical or rod-shaped microorganism and lacking organized nucleus is called
Mycoplasma
Virus
Bacteria
Cyanobacteria
If an organism lacks functional chromatophores, it would likely struggle with:
Obtaining nutrients
Respiration
Reproduction
Avoiding predators
Which of the following organisms are characterized by their ability to produce methane in anaerobic environments?
Halophiles
Thermoacidophiles
Methanogens
Cyanobacteria
The following are produced in Bacteria during unfavourable conditions:
Endospores
Akiretes
Parthenospores
Aplanospores
Mycoplasma, unique among bacteria, lack a cell wall. This characteristic makes them:
Highly susceptible to osmotic lysis
Unable to survive in isotonic solutions
Resistant to antibiotics that target cell wall synthesis
Incapable of any form of motility
Phage genome site on bacterial chromosome resulted in the structure
Nucleic acid
Heterocyst
Prophage
None of these
In which of the following will you look for E.Coli?
Milk
Water
human intestine
Soil
In Bacteria the site for respiratory activity is found in
Episome
Microsome
Ribosome
Cell membrane/Mesosome
The ability of Mycoplasma to pass through filters with pores less than 1 micron is primarily due to:
Presence of a thick cell wall
Their large size
Presence of flagella
Lack of a cell wall
