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Group 1: At the bottom of the tube, S. goldii produces energy using… (choose all that apply)

Group 3: Can you apply Koch’s postulates to a virus?  Why are why not?  To fully answer this question, address the prompts below. Identify Koch’s postulates. (6 sentences max) Which postulates (if any) would be difficult to achieve with a viral pathogen, and why? (5 sentences max) Which postulates (if any) would not be difficult to achieve with a viral pathogen, and why? (5 sentences max) Please label your answers A-C.

On any given Friday night, a UA student can be found either eating popcorn, going to a movie, on a date, or any combination of these activities with probability according to the following Venn diagram: What is the probability that a student is at a movie given that they are on a date?

Group 1: The colon is … (choose all that apply).

Group 1: You want to study S. goldii’s sensitivity to antibiotics.  So you expose it to the following antibiotics. [13a] – an antibiotic that prevents the production of the cell wall by inhibiting the function of transglycosylase. [13b] – an antibiotic that prevents RNA transcription by inhibiting the function of the bacterial RNA polymerase.

Question Group 2: You are a doctor and a mother brings her infant into your practice.  The mother reports that the baby has a mild fever and has been irritable recently.  In addition the baby is hesitant to breastfeed and seems to have pain when swallowing.  When you examine the baby you observe redness of the soft palate and swollen lymph nodes (see image below).  You also note that the infant attends daycare twice a week. Answer questions 23-30 based on the outcomes of these experiments.  

Group 1: Describe the purpose of each plasmid component listed below. (one sentence max per component) Ori/Ter regions Inducible promoter Multiple cloning site (MCS) Proteolytic clevage site Green fluorescent protein (GFP) Affinity tag Constitutive promoter upstream of antibiotic resistance gene

What enzyme do beta-lactamase-producing bacteria use to resist antibiotics?

Group 1: You notice that SeqA is expressed in both conditions (data not shown).  This protein is involved in…

Group 1: Based on your microscopy results you identify S. goldii as a Gram positive bacteria.  Which of the following components would you expect S. goldii to have?  (Choose all that apply)