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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.
The maximum yield of ATP per molecule of glucose in eukaryotic cells varies from 36 to 38 ATP. In prokaryotic cells, the maximum yield is 38 ATP.
Bacterial cells are prokaryotic. Choose two structures of bacterial cells and explain how these structures allow bacteria to function as unicellular organisms.
Compare and contrast two microorganisms- the virus and bacteria - in terms of the following processes. I need to state what is different and the same. Simply making side by side lists for the organi
What does abiogenesis refer to and who finally settled the spontaneous generation debate.
Which of the following provides taxonomic information that includes the others.
What adaptive advantages does a fermentative metabolism confer on a microbe? Many commercially available products can be produced during the fermentation process.
Describe two similarities and two differences between eukaryotic cells and prokaryotic cells. Why do you think eukaryotic cells developed? Describe how eukaryotic cells are similar to a production l
List and describe 2 distinguishing features of prokaryotes and eukaryotes (ie: not in common) and 2 features that prokaryotes and eukaryotes have in common.
Deinococcus radiodurans is a bacterium that was isolated from cooling ponds in and around nuclear power plants. It is highly resistant to ionizing radiation. Propose a hypothesis to explain the high
You look in the refrigerator and find an orange drink you had forgotten was there. The drink now has an off-taste and it bubbles. What is the most likely explanation for the changes in the drink.
Which of the following is TRUE about enzymes.
With various types of media each one notes a different property of the organism growing on the agar. Explain how one media like MTM can identify both selective and differential nature of the organis
coducive enviorments for growth, pH, salt and sugar concentrations and such, classification scheme, industrial uses, pathogenic strains, spore formation schemes and their reproductive strategies.
Bacterial or viral infections can cause a fever directly (from chemical messages produced by the infectious agent itself) or indirectly (from chemical messages produced by the immune system).