Colony Communication

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Medical Microbiology (Gene Transfer) Quiz on Colony Communication, created by gina_evans0312 on 23/02/2014.
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Question 1

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What do the HCD genes expressed by the the gram -ve P.aeruginosa do?
Answer
  • Increase pathogenicity
  • Allow biofilm formation
  • Cause a fibrin clot barrier

Question 2

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At HCD, P.aeruginosa produced which Homoserine Lactone?
Answer
  • LasI, which are detected by LasR
  • RhlI which are detected by RhlR
  • Mrl, which are detected by MrR
  • FasI, which are detected by FasR

Question 3

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The homoserine lactones of P. aeruginosa can be detected in the sputum of Cystic fibrosis patients
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 4

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The strains of S.aureus produce 1 of 4 peptides
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 5

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What is the role of each peptide produced by S.aureus?
Answer
  • Stimulates other strains that produce the same peptide
  • Inhibits other strains that produce the same peptide
  • Stimulates other strains that produce different peptides
  • Inhibits other strains that produce different peptides

Question 6

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P2 & P3 are divergent promoters (they go in opposite directions)
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 7

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In E.Coli, of the P3 stimulated proteins, AgrA is the intracellular transducer,....
Answer
  • AgrB is the exit channel, AgrD is the autoinducer, AgrC is the receptor
  • AgrV is the exit channel, AgrC is the autoinducer, AgrD is the receptor

Question 8

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P2 transcribes RNAIII
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 9

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RNAIII controls 100s of genes
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 10

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RNAIII binds to the mRNA close to the ribosomal binding site, and does what?
Answer
  • Alters the secondary structure to inhibit/promote ribosomal binding
  • Alters the super- secondary structure to inhibit/promote ribosomal binding
  • Alters the tertiary structure to inhibit/promote ribosomal binding
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