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GATE 2015 : Life Sciences [Section K]

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GATE 2015 MICROBIOLOGY XL-K K: MICROBIOLOGY Q. 1 Q. 10 carry one mark each. Q.1 Lophotrichous bacteria have (A) one flagellum (B) a cluster of flagella at one or both ends (C) flagella that are spread evenly over the whole surface (D) a single flagellum at each pole Q.2 In aerobic respiration, the final electron acceptor is (A) hydrogen Q.3 (B) nitrogen (C) sulfur (D) oxygen A process in which fatty acids are shortened by two carbons at a time resulting in release of acetylCoA is known as (A) photophosphorylation (C) -oxidation Q.4 (B) carboxylation (D) oxidative phosphorylation Limulus Amoebocyte Lysate (LAL) assay is used to identify the presence of (A) endotoxin Q.5 (B) exotoxin (C) anthrax toxin Match scientists in Group I with terms related to their major scientific contributions in Group II Group I (P) Sanger (Q) Watson and Crick (R) Waksman (S) Bordet Group II (i) DNA double helix structure (ii) DNA sequencing (iii) Complement (iv) Streptomycin (v) Immune tolerance (A) P-iii, Q-iv, R-ii, S-i (B) P-ii, Q-iii, R-iv, S-v (C) P-iv, Q-i, R-ii, S-v Q.6 (D) P-ii, Q-i, R-iv, S-iii Base-pair substitutions caused by the chemical mutagen ethyl methane sulfonate are a result of (A) hydroxylation Q.7 (D) tetanus toxin (B) alkylation (C) deamination (D) intercalation The classical way of representing taxonomic hierarchy of living organisms in ASCENDING ORDER is (A) genus, species, class, order, family (C) species, genus, family, order, class Q.8 (B) species, genus, order, family, class (D) genus, species, order, class, family Of the following, the most effective method to kill bacterial endospores is (A) moist heat sterilization (C) filtration XL-K (B) UV irradiation (D) pasteurization 1/3 GATE 2015 Q.9 MICROBIOLOGY XL-K The class of enzymes, which catalyze addition of groups to double bonds and non-hydrolytic removal of chemical groups, is (A) oxidoreductase Q.10 (B) transferase (C) hydrolase (D) lyase Anammox organisms carry out (A) anaerobic reduction of NO (B) anaerobic oxidation of NH (C) aerobic oxidation of NH (D) aerobic oxidation of NO Q. 11 Q. 20 carry two marks each. Q.11 Which combination of the following statements about specialized transduction is TRUE? (P) Specialized transducing phages can transport only certain genes between bacteria (Q) Specialized transducing phages can transport any gene between bacteria (R) Phage P22 is a specialized transducing phage (S) Phage lambda ( ) is a specialized transducing phage (A) P and S only (C) P and R only Q.12 (B) Q and R only (D) Q and S only Which combination of profiles in the following figure accurately represents the transport rate of glycerol and oxygen into E. coli cells as a function of their extracellular concentration? (A) glycerol-(ii) and oxygen-(iii) Q.13 (B) glycerol-(ii) and oxygen-(i) (C) glycerol-(iii) and oxygen-(i) (D) glycerol-(i) and oxygen-(ii) Which one of the following about the standard free energy change ( Go ) and the equilibrium constant (Keq) of an exergonic reaction, at pH 7.0, is TRUE? (A) Go is positive and Keq is less than one (B) Go is negative and Keq is less than one (C) Go is negative and Keq is greater than one (D) Go is positive and Keq is greater than one Q.14 An oil immersion objective of a light microscope has a numerical aperture of 1.25. Using the Abb equation, the maximum theoretical resolving power (in nm) of the microscope with this objective and blue light (wavelength = 450 nm) is ______ GATE 2015 MICROBIOLOGY XL-K -1 Q.15 The working volume (in liter) of a chemostat with 0.1 h dilution rate and 100 ml/h feed flow rate is______ Q.16 If the decimal reduction time for spores of a certain bacterium at 121oC is 12 seconds, the time required (in minutes) to reduce 1010 spores to one spore by heating at 121oC is _______ Q.17 The doubling time (in minutes) of a bacterium with a specific growth rate of 2.3 h-1 in 500 ml of growth medium is ______ Q.18 A bacterial culture is grown using 2.0 mg/ml fructose as the sole source of carbon and energy. The bacterial biomass concentrations immediately after inoculation and at the end of the growth phase are 0.1 mg/ml and 0.9 mg/ml, respectively. Assuming complete utilization of the substrate, the bacterial growth yield (Y) on fructose is ______ Q.19 The volume (in ml) of a 1.0 mg/ml stock solution of ampicillin to be added to 0.1 liter of growth medium for achieving a final ampicillin concentration of 50 g/ml is ______ Q.20 An E. coli strain is grown initially on glucose as the sole carbon source. Upon complete consumption of glucose following 12 h of growth, lactose is added as the sole carbon source and the strain is further grown for 12 h. Assuming that the E. coli strain has a functional wild type lac operon, which one of the following profiles is the most ACCURATE representation of galactosidase ( -gal) expression (in arbitrary units)? (A) i (B) iii (C) ii END OF THE QUESTION PAPER (D) iv

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