Chapter 4 Online quizzes

The first complete genome ever sequenced came from which of these organisms?

E. coli

φX174

MS2

Haemophilus influenzae

How many potential arrangements does a phylogenetic tree with 96 tips have?

10¹³

10²⁷

10⁵²

10¹⁷³

How many genes are there in a typical 4 Mb bacterial genome?

400

1000

2000

4000

What term refers to the set of all genes in a bacterial species?

pan-genome

core genome

accessory genome

total genome

Which of these is NOT a method of natural horizontal gene transfer used by bacteria?

transfection

transformation

transduction

conjugation

Where did MRSA ST22 emerge in the UK?

North

Midlands

South East

South West

When did Mycobacterium tuberculosis come out of Africa?

About 70,000 years ago

About 1,000 years ago

About 5,000 years ago

About 100,000 years ago

How long did it take to get a new vaccine for Serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis into the clinic after sequencing its genome?

10 years

15 years

20 years

25 years

Penicillin was originally made by which type of organism?

Chemical engineers

A bacterium

A fungus

A plant

What proportion of the general population in the UK carry MRSA?

0.1%

0.5%

1%

5%

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