Question

16. You isolate a microbe whose genome consists entirely of single stranded RNA. This microbe is A. an archaeon B. a yeast C, a bacterium D. a mold E. a virus 17. A microbe that grows evenly throughout a tube of reducing medium would be considered aſ an) A. Obligate acrobe B. Acrotolerant anaerobe C. Microaerophile D. Facultative anaerobe

Answer 1

16. Answer: E. a virus

Explanation: Virus is the microbe which may have the genome as DNA or RNA. RNA can be single or double stranded in the virus. So virus is the correct option. All the other microbes such as archaeon, yeast and bacteria have DNA as their genome.