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Unit 4A Core and Option
Microbiology and Biotechnology
Tuesday 19 June 2007 Morning
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Answer ALL NINE questions in the spaces provided in this booklet.
Show all the steps in any calculations and state the units. Calculators may be used.
Include diagrams in your answers where these are helpful.

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The marks for the individual questions and parts of questions are shown in round brackets: e.g. (2).
The total mark for this question paper is 70.

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1.

The table below refers to three major stages of aerobic respiration and the products of each
stage.
Complete the table by inserting the part of the cell in which the stage occurs and two
products in the blank spaces.
Stage

Part of cell in which it occurs

Two products

Glycolysis

Krebs cycle

Matrix of mitochondrion

Electron transport chain

ATP and water


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2.

(a) The mammalian hormones, glucagon and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), both
exert their effects on cells by binding to a receptor molecule on the cell surface
membrane and stimulating an enzyme called adenyl cyclase.
Glucagon and FSH have different target organs. The cells of the target organs
will only respond to the hormones if they have specific receptors on their surface
membranes.
(i) Name one organ in the body of a mammal in which the cells have glucagon
receptors.
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(b) The diagram below shows the action of glucagon when it combines with its target
cell.
Glucagon

Cell surface membrane


Receptor molecule
Active adenyl cyclase

ATP

Cyclic AMP

Inactive enzyme

Active enzyme

Glycogen

Glucose

Use the diagram to explain how one molecule of glucagon can cause a relatively large
increase in the concentration of glucose in the blood plasma.
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(a) Distinguish between the terms anabolism and catabolism. Give an example of
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(b) The diagram below shows part of a metabolic pathway. Each reaction in the pathway
is catalysed by a different enzyme. The enzymes have been numbered 1 to 5.
Succinyl CoA
H 2O
Enzyme 1



CoA

Succinate
FAD
Enzyme 5

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2-oxoglutarate

Enzyme 2

Fumarate
Enzyme 3


H 2O

Malate

NAD+
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(i) Enzyme 4 is a type of enzyme called an oxidoreductase. State the evidence


shown in the pathway that supports this statement.
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(ii) Which enzyme in this metabolic pathway is a hydrolase?
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(iii) A high concentration of oxaloacetate inhibits enzyme 2. This enzyme catalyses
the conversion of succinate into fumarate. Describe and explain the effects of a
high concentration of oxaloacetate on this metabolic pathway.
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4.

The diagram below shows part of a nephron from a mammalian kidney.


Blood entering
via afferent
arteriole

Cavity of renal
(Bowmans)
capsule

Capillary of the
glomerulus

Blood leaving
via efferent
arteriole

Filtrate passing
to rest of nephron

Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) is a hormone that increases the diameter of the afferent
arteriole and decreases the diameter of the efferent arteriole.
(a) Describe and explain the effects that this hormone will have on the rate of
ultrafiltration.
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(b) Urea is present in urine. Describe how urea is produced.


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(c) A student measured the volume of urine that she produced on two different days. The
concentration of urea in the urine on each day was determined. The results are shown
in the table below.

Day

Volume of urine produced / dm3

Concentration of urea / g dm3

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(i) Calculate the percentage change in the concentration of urea between day 1 and
day 2. Show your working.

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(ii) Suggest two possible reasons why the concentration of urea in the urine was
lower on day 2. For each reason, explain why there would be a decrease in the
concentration of urea in the urine.
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5.

Give an account of how a nerve impulse is generated in a post-synaptic neurone following


the release of a neurotransmitter.
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(a) Describe the role of bacteria in the production of yoghurt.


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(b) Describe the role of yeast in the production of bread dough.
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The diagram below shows the general structure of a bacterial cell.


B

D
E

A
F
(a) Use the letters on the diagram to identify the structures described below.
(i) Contains antibiotic resistance genes which may be transferred to other bacteria.
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(ii) Sites of protein synthesis.
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(iii) Contains the enzymes for respiration.
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(b) The table below refers to three viruses.
Complete the table by writing the most appropriate word or words in the spaces
provided.
Virus

Shape

Type of nucleic acid

Tobacco Mosaic Virus


(TMV)
Human
Immunodeficiency Virus
(HIV)
Lambda () phage
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(a) Obligate aerobes are bacteria that need oxygen. Oxygen is toxic to other bacteria,
known as obligate anaerobes.
The diagram below shows four test tubes, A, B, C and D, each containing a different
type of bacterium, in a liquid medium. There is an air-filled space at the top of each
tube.
cottonwool
air
bacteria

liquid medium

(i) Describe how these tubes were inoculated with bacteria.


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(ii) Suggest which tube, A, B, C or D, contains the obligate anaerobes. Give a reason
for your answer.
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(iii) Suggest which tube, A, B, C or D, contains bacteria that are unaffected by oxygen
concentration.
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(b) Dilution plating was used to find the number of bacteria in tube C.
Serial dilutions of the culture were made and used to inoculate petri dishes of nutrient
agar. The dishes were incubated at 30C for 2 days.
A 0.2 cm3 sample of each dilution was used to inoculate the agar. A total of 250
colonies was counted on the nutrient agar that had been inoculated with the 1 in
10 000 dilution of the culture.
Calculate the number of bacteria in 1 cm3 of the original culture sample. Show your
working.

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(a) (i) Describe the structure of the cell wall of a Gram positive bacterium.
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(ii) State one difference between the structure of the cell wall of a Gram negative
bacterium and the structure of the cell wall of a Gram positive bacterium.
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(b) Some people take garlic extracts as they believe that these contain natural chemicals
capable of reducing infection.
An experiment was carried out to study the effect of garlic extracts on the growth of
Gram negative and Gram positive bacteria.
The 100% extract was obtained by crushing the garlic. This extract was diluted with
water to give 4 different concentrations (80%, 60%, 40% and 20%). Small discs of
filter paper were then soaked in the 100% extract and the diluted extracts, removed
and dried.
A suspension of Gram negative bacteria was spread evenly over a solid medium in a
petri dish. One disc from each dilution of the garlic extract was placed on the surface
of the medium. The culture was incubated for 48 hours.
This procedure was repeated with a suspension of Gram positive bacteria.
The appearance of the cultures after 48 hours is shown below. The numbers show the
percentage concentration of garlic extract used.
Discs soaked in
garlic extract

Gram negative culture


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Gram positive culture


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The diameter of the zone of no bacterial growth was measured for each disc on each
plate.
The graph below shows these results.

Describe the effect of diluting the garlic extract on the growth of Gram negative
bacteria.
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(c) Suggest how the information shown in the graph supports the following conclusions
drawn from this experiment.
(i) The chemicals in the garlic extract do not interfere with the cell wall.
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(ii) The cell wall of Gram negative bacteria is more permeable to the chemicals
contained in the garlic extract than the cell wall of Gram positive bacteria.
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(d) Suggest why the chemicals in the garlic extract are harmful to bacteria but not to
human cells.
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