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An ecological niche is that area or space in the environment where a specific species of microorganisms can survive and reproduce. "Certain combinations of environmental conditions are necessary for
Which of the following would have glycosidic bonds.
What animals are most often used to sniff out Truffels.
Term that best describes Rhizopus zygospores.
Please explain the Preservation of Foods by Oscillating Magnetic Fields. Please provide a critical evaluation of this technology. Explain the possible mechanism of microbial inactivation by this app
How does mitotic cell division produce genetically identical daughter cells? Include each stage of mitosis and what happens during each.
Compare methods of categorizing organisms. Are any of them better than the others or are they just different ways at looking at the same thing.
Discuss in detail how fungi get their nutrition. Relate this mode of nutrition to how a bed of fungal hyphae can so rapidly breakdown organic materials such as fallen leaves that are in contact with
There are three types of pathogens that cause meningitis. Briefly describe each type and then select either a bacterial, fungal, or viral pathogen capable of producing meningitis in humans to answer
In this Module, selected another resident microbe from Host-Microbe Interactions" in A Concise Manual of Pathogenic Microbiology, that can cause disease in humans.
Briefly describe the methods used by bacteria and fungi to tolerate environmental heavy metals. Include references and your views on the potential commercial applications of bacteria and fungi.
Bacteria never form any sort of grouping that resembles a multicelled organism with an internal division of labor among its cells.
The internal structure of many protists is much more complex than that of cells of multicellular organisms. Does this mean that the protist is engaged in more complex activities than the multicellul
What term refers to a cell that has a nucleus and membrane bound organelles, such as plant and animal cells.
Which bacterial species derives carbon from carbon dioxide and uses light energy to make ATP.
What is the scientific name of the most common cultivated mushroom in the US.
We are suppose to explain what type of mutation could cause for color variation in certain colonies of E. coli. We first started off with one normal strand of the E. coli bacteria.
Why do cows have the ability to breakdown cellulose into glucose and humans can not digest cellulose.
Today, scientific advances are being made at an astounding rate, and nowhere is this more evident than in our understanding of the biology of heredity. Using DNA as a starting point, do you believe
Protist is much more complex then cells of multiceller organisms. Does this mean that the Protist is engaged in more complex activities then multicellular organism and if not why should the Protista
A nutritionally defective E.coli strain grows only on meduim containing thymine, whereas another nutritionally defective strain grows only on meduim containing leucine.
You are a graduate student working on a followship for a biotech companny .You are part of a group that will perform some scientiific research.
Discuss why prokaryotes tend to be small relative to eukaryotic cells. Discuss why size may be limited in cells of eukaryotic organisms bases on their function. Provide examples and incorporate reso
What are the differences between plant and animal cells.
Eukaryotic cells are more complex that prokaryotic cells. Describe briefly how eukaryotic cells might have evolved. Are there unicellular eukaryotic organisms on Earth today.