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Questions Related to archaebacteria

Barophilic prokaryotes -

  1. Grow slowly in highly alkaline frozen lakes

    at high altitudes

  2. Grow and multiply in very deep marine

    sediments

  3. Readily grow and divide in sea water

    enriched in any soluble salt of barium

  4. Occur in water containing high

    concentrations of barium hydroxide


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Barophilic prokaryotes grow and multiply in very deep marine sediments. A barophilic prokaryote, also generally defined as a barophile, is a type of organism which occurs and exists at high-pressure zones, like a deep-sea bacteria and archaebacteria.
So, the correct answer is 'Grow and multiply in very deep marine sediments'. 

Dermatomes are _________________.

  1. Formed during bacterial conjugation

  2. Small vesicles found in pancreatic cells

  3. Synthesized during cell wall formation in plant

  4. Specialized regions of cell membrane for adhesion to other cells in animal tissues


Correct Option: A

Methanogens are best described as ____________.

  1. Archaebacteria

  2. Prokaryotes

  3. Slime moulds

  4. Protozoa


Correct Option: A

Which of the following are likely to be present in deep sea water ?

  1. Archaebacteria

  2. Eubacteria

  3. Blue-green algae

  4. Saprophytic fungi


Correct Option: A,B
Explanation:

Archeabacteria are also known as extremophiles because of the ability to survive in extreme environmental conditions. The deep sea environment is characterized by increased pressure, low visibility, low in nutrition etc. Benthic zone also harbors bacteria

So, the correct answer is 'Archaebacteria and Eubacteria'

Which of the following are true of archaeobacteria?
a. Presence of peptiloglycan cell wall.
b. Extreme halophytes
c. Extreme themophyles
d. Methadone's
Select the correct answer using the codes given.

  1. $1, 2$ and $3$

  2. $2, 3$ and $4$

  3. $1, 3$ and $4$

  4. $1, 2$ and $4$


Correct Option: A

Obligate anaerobic archaebacreria with chemoautotrophic mode of nutrition are ____________.

  1. Mathanocens

  2. Halphiles

  3. Thermoacidophiles

  4. More than one option is correct


Correct Option: A

Which of the following options is correct?

  1. Heterocyst are thin-walled and help in nitrogen fixation

  2. Archaebacteria are oldest living

  3. Fossil cell wall of archaebacteria and eubacteria are different but cell membrane are similar

  4. Penicilllin is an effective against mycoplasma


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Archaebacteria are the oldest living organism. They can be found in some of the harshest environments. Traces of Archaebacteria have been seen in 3.8 billion-year-old fossil. Thus, are claimed as the oldest living organism. Heterocysts are nitrogen-fixing cells found in Nitrogen deprived cells of bacteria like cyanobacteria, Anabaena, Nostoc etc. Heterocyst synthesizes additional 3 layers of the cell wall, in turn, producing a THICK cell wall.The cell wall and cell membrane of archaebacteria both differ from that of eubacteria.The antibiotic, penicillin is ineffective against mycoplasma. So, the correct answer is option B.

Methanogens are _______________.

  1. Obligate anaerobes

  2. Found in salline marshes

  3. CO2 oxidizing forms

  4. Facultative anaerobes


Correct Option: A

Select the correct statements among the following (i-iv) regarding the characteristics of certain organisms.
(i) Methanogens are archaebacteria which produce methane in marshy areas.
(ii) Nostoc is a filamentous blue-green alga which fixes atmospheric nitrogen.
(iii) Chemosynthetic autotrophic bacteria synthesize cellulose from glucose.
(iv) Mycoplasma lack a cell wall and can survive without oxygen

  1. (ii) and (iii)

  2. (i) and (ii)

  3. (ii) (iii) and (iii)

  4. (i) (ii) and (iv)


Correct Option: D

Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.
Which of the following is not grouped with archaebacteria?

  1. Methanogens

  2. Cyanobacteria

  3. Thermophiles

  4. Halophiles


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Haloarchaea are a class of the Euryarchaeota, found in water saturated.

So, the correct option is 'Halophiles'.