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    WJEC (Eduqas) Biology A-level

    Topic 1.4: Microbiology


    Questions by Topic
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    3. (a) Define the following terms with reference to bacterial growth.

    [3]

    (i) obligate aerobe

    (ii) obligate anaerobe

    (iii) facultative anaerobe

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    (b) Describe and explain the appearance of Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria following Gram

    staining.

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    (c) Most pathogens in humans are Gram-positive organisms. Six Gram-positive genera are typically

    pathogenic in humans. Two of these, Streptococcus and Staphylococcus, are cocci. The remaining
    organisms are bacilli.

    What three dimensional shape would the cocci and bacilli be?

    [1]

    cocci . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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    bacilli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    ..........

    4. 1 m3 of air was filtered from two different environments.

    The microorganisms collected were grown, using aseptic technique, on four different types of agar plates
    (A, B, C and D) at the same temperature and for the same length of time.

    The number of colonies grown from each sample is shown.

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    (a) What conclusion can you draw from the graph above about the numbers of microbes in the two air

    samples?

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    (b) The four agar types have resulted in different colony numbers because they contain different nutrients.
    State four ways that the agar types could differ in composition.

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    i. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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    ii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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    iii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    ..........

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    iv. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    ..........

    5. Complete the sentences below by giving the correct term in each case. [4]

    (a) A clone arising from a single bacterium on an agar plate is called a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    (b) A viable count is a count of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bacterial cells.

    (c) The type of bacterium that lacks lipopolysaccharides in its cell walls is a

    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bacteria.

    (d) A corkscrew or helical shaped bacterium is known as a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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