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RMIT Classification: Trusted BIOL2173 Postgraduate Theory Assessment Information This is a 48-hours Assessment in Week 14. Starting Date Starting Time Closing Date Closing Time 7th June, Tuesday 9 am 9th June, Thursday 9 am This final theory assessment is worth 20% of the overall mark of the course. Assessment Instructions: 1) Choose 2 out of 3 questions to answer within the time limit of 48 hours. 2) You need to download the attached file with assessment questions, answer 2 questions, then upload the same file within the time limit. 3) Each question is worth 10 marks. 4) Email submissions are not accepted and will not be marked. How To Answer the Questions: 1) In the answer sheet, you must indicate the “Question Number” and state “the Question” you are responding to. 5) Answer this question in a form of literature review, with the following Format: Introduction, Body, Conclusion, References list. 6) The word limit for each answer is expected to be 450-500 words excluding citations, tables, figures, and references. 7) Each answer must have in-text citations and a minimum of 5 references from peer-reviewed journals. 8) All figures and tables must be cited. 9) The format of the in-text citations and references must follow the RMIT APA 7th edition referencing guidelines. 10) Font: Arial, size 12, with 1.5 spacing. RMIT Classification: Trusted An example of the Assessment Questions: 1. As a scientist within a team to develop vaccines against SARS-CoV-2, your task is to develop a vaccine using either traditional vaccine strategies; or novel new molecular methods, keeping in mind the emergence of new variants and the efficiency of the developed vaccine towards a variant which may have more than one mutant. START WRITING THE ANSWER HERE…… BIOL2173 Open book online exam RMIT Classification: Trusted BIOL2173 Postgraduate Theory Assessment paper, S 1, 2022 Assessment Instructions: 1) Choose 2 questions to answer within the time limit of 48 hours. 2) You need to download the assessment file, answer the 2 selected questions, then upload the same file within the time limit. 3) In the answer sheet, you must indicate the “Question Number” and “the Question’s topic”. 4) Answer this question in a literature review style: Format: Introduction, Body, Conclusion, Reference list. 5) The word limit for each answer is expected to be 450-500 words excluding citations, tables, figure, and references. 6) Each answer must have in-text citations and a minimum 5 references from peer-reviewed journals. 7) All figures and tables must be cited. 8) The format of the in-text citations and references must follow the RMIT APA 7th edition referencing guidelines. 9) Font: Arial, size is 12, with 1.5 spacing. Assessment Questions 1. A mutant you made in the laboratory with 5-bromouracil suddenly regains the wild-type phenotype. You discuss this phenomenon with your advisor and colleagues, and they suggest you try transposon mutagenesis to avoid this problem and create stable mutants. Why is it important to create microbial mutants in research? i.e. what are mutants from wild type used for? Explain the procedure to create mutants in bacteria, AND discuss why would mutants created with 5-bromouracil be more likely to regain the wild-type phenotype than mutants created via transposon mutagenesis? 2. Antibiotic resistance is a major healthcare problem, with some microbes developing resistance to most known antibiotics. How can microbes develop resistance against currently used antibiotics? Discuss two potential mechanisms for developing antibiotic resistance AND identify potential approaches to overcome it? Support your answer with examples and cited references. 3. Some residential human oral bacteria may cause opportunistic infections in other body systems. Discuss the potential of residential microbes to develop into opportunistic pathogens, why? Where? When? And give an example on an oral Gram-negative bacterium that has the potential to cause opportunistic infections in patients who are diagnosed with inflammatory Bowel Diseases, supporting your answer with cited evidence from the literature. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start your answers here: 2