The production of human blood-clotting factor by E. Coli is an example of bioremediation.
False
Christian Gram devised a staining technique that divides all bacteria into two groups.
True
Gene therapy is modern approach to preventing infectious disease.
False
Joseph Lister reduced the incidence of wound infections in health care settings by using chlorinated lime water.
False
Fermentation can occur in the absence of living cells.
True
Lazzaro Spallanzani was the first scientist to provide evidence disproving the spontaneous generation of microorganisms.
True
The taxonomic scheme developed by Linnaeus remains largely uncharged in modern biology.
False
Desaturation of a protein is always permanent.
False
One of the products of dehydration synthesis reactions is water.
True
Salts are produced from exchange reactions in which acids and bases neutralize each other.
True
Hydrogen bonds are stronger then covalent bonds.
False
Monosaccharides are usually found in cyclic forms.
True
The smallest chemical unit of matter are elements.
False
Light rays that pass through the edge of a curved lens will be refracted more than those that pass through the center.
True
Three-dimensional images of specimens can be obtained using scanning electron microscopes.
True
Members of the genera bacillus and clostridium can be identified using the Endospore stain.
True
Robert Whittaker proposed the system of binomial nomenclature that we use today.
False
Acid-fast cells such as Mycobacterium lose the color of the primary stain in the presence of hydrochloric acid.
False
The three domains proposed by Carl Woese are the Archaea, the Eukarya, and the Monera.
False
A resolution of 1um would be better than a resolution of 0.5 um.
False
Lysosomes result from the endocytosis of food particles by eukaryotic cells.
False
Svedbergs are measurements of the size and sedimentation rate of cellular structures such as ribosomes.
True
All cell membranes contain phospholipids and a wide variety of proteins.
False
Peroxisomes contain enzymes used to digest nutrients that have been brought into the cell through phagocytosis.
False
Chloroplasts use light energy to produce ATP and carbohydrates.
True
The Golgi body prepares cellular products for export.
True
Chromatin is composed of DNA and special packaging proteins called hopanoids.
False
Eukaryotic ribosomes are composed of 60S and 40S subunits.
True
The process of facilitated diffusion requires an input of energy.
False
Bacterial protein synthesis can begin before the reading of the gene is complete.
True