Match Each Prokaryotic Genus with Its Correct Description

question 6

Multiple Choice

Match each prokaryotic genus with its correct description.
-Streptococcus

• A)causes anthrax
• B)fixes nitrogen
• C)causes syphilis
• D)loves very high temperatures
• E)causes endotoxin shock
• F)helps in the production of yogurt
• G)causes necrotizing fasciitis (flesh-eating disease)
• H)loves toxic H₂S gas
• I)causes gonorrhea
• J)produces CH₄
• K)causes trachoma (a preventable form of blindness)

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Definitions:

Columnar Epithelium

A type of epithelium that consists of single or multiple layers of column-shaped cells.

Merocrine Secretion

A type of exocrine secretion where cells excrete their substances by exocytosis without losing any cellular material.

Phospholipid

Lipid with phosphorus, resulting in a molecule with a polar end and a nonpolar end; main component of the lipid bilayer.

Apocrine

A type of gland that secretes substances by breaking off a part of the cell; found in the skin and eyelids.