Microbiology Test

Question 1

Which term most accurately describes the relationship between human hosts and the Bacteroidetes commonly found in the large intestine of humans?

Question 2

The term "microbiome" is all over the news these days. Based on what we have learned in class, which of the following is the most correct definition of the human microbiome based on the methods we use to characterize the human microbiome?

Question 3

Which of the following was NOT a research question that would fall in accordance with the objectives of the first 5 years of the Human Microbiome Project (HMP)?

Question 4

Human microbiome studies and supporting health research have not yet established which of the following relationships in healthy individuals?  

Question 5

Which of the following microbial taxa are NOT abundant in the lower gastrointestinal tract of healthy humans?

Question 6

Which of the following body regions has the lowest functional (i.e., ORF) diversity? 

Question 7

Please read the the “Enterotypes” paper, Arumugam, et al. (2011) available in the Supplemental Articles folder. This article found that the presence of Escherichia coli in the large intestine of healthy humans is significant due to which of the following factors?

Question 8

According to the most recent data available, for example the data summarized in Funkhouser & Bordenstein (2013), “Mother knows best,” what types of bacteria are transmitted vertically in humans?  

Question 9

Refer to Funkhouser and Bordenstein (2013). Match each multicellular organism with the correct mechanism for maternal transmission of microorganisms.

Question 10

You are directing a human microbiome research group interested in differences in the human GI tract between lean and obsese individuals.

A)Which microbial functional groups and/or taxa (i.e., genera/species) do you expect to find in both lean and obese individuals (3pts)? For full credit you must mention at least three...