If a bacterium lost the ability to produce FADH2 , which of the following must stop?a) biosynthesisb) glycolysisc) pentose phosphate pathwayd) TCA cyclee) fermentation

Q: What is the natural habitat of E.coli?

A: In this question we will discuss about the natural habitat of E.coli.

Q: What role do exoenzymes play in nutrition of microorganisims?

A: An enzyme that is secreted by a cell and functions outside that cell is known as exoenzyme.…

Q: How do cyanobacteria survive freezing and desiccation?

A: Cyanobacteria or blue-green algae are gram-positive, photosynthetic prokaryotes. They are one of the…

Q: What is bacteremia? Is it dangerous for humans?

A: Bacterimia is a bacterial infection that spreads to the bloodstream.  It can be serious as it can…

Q: What is the key difference between reactions that result in the final product of fermentation to…

A: Fermentation is widely known metabolic process in which the sugar is converted into various products…

Q: How can you explain the fact that an unopened carton of milk in the refrigerator will eventually…

A: Mammary glands create milk, which is a nutritionally rich thick liquid.

Q: What is botulism?

A: Any infectious agent or microorganism (Virus, bacterium, protozoa, ETC) that can cause disease is a…

Q: Which traits are shared among ammonia oxidizers and nitriteoxidizers?

A: Ammonia and Nitrite are the inorganic chemicals rich in nitrogen. They are used as fertilizers and…

Q: Describe what happens in an E. coli bacterium that has been living on the top of your fridge for the…

A: Glucose is the first carbon source used by bacteria if the glucose is present in the medium…

Q: Why is it important to seek early treatment for Lymedisease?

A: We have to explain why it is essential that Lyme disease is diagnosed earlier.

Q: Explain the Agrobacterium ?

A: Ans: Agrobacterium: These are Gram-negative organisms which are discovered by H.J. Conn

Q: Why is lipopolysaccharide considered to be an endotoxin?

A: Lipopolysaccharide is an outer cell membrane component found in gram-negative bacteria.

Q: How does the E. coli strain 026:H11 damage its victims?

A: The enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) serotype O26 is the second most common enterohaemorrhagic E.…

Q: what is e-coli.  How is it treated?

A: In Microbiology,  various microbes influences the life of a living individual.The microorganisms…

Q: What   kills Haemophilus influenzae?

A: Haemophilus influenzae is gram-negative bacteria and cause infection in respiratory tract. This…

Q: When can E. coli become potentially pathogenic (disease-causing)?

A: E Coli or Escherichia Coli is a bacteria. A bacterial cell is a type of prokaryotic cell. It means…

Q: What are probiotics?

A: The small, microscopic, and unicellular organisms are called microorganisms. They are of various…

Q: What biochemical characteristics are commonly found in Enterobacteriaceae?

A: Enterobacteriaceae family contains a large number of genera that are biochemically and genetically…

Q: What is the Microorganism involved in the spoilage of canned curdled evaporated milk and Glutinous…

A: Any microorganism attack can degrade the food product quality and make them non-consumable by…

Q: What is the mechanism by which enterococci are able to grow in high salt conditions?

A: The Enterococci are facultative anaerobes, gram-positive coccus that appears to be in short chains…

Q: Which of the letter labeled microbes is exhibiting alpha-hemolysis?

A: The lysis or breakdown of red blood cells is called hemolysis. There are three types of hemolysis…

Q: How long is the generation time of E coli?

A: Bacteria are prokaryotic organisms.

Q: If coliform bacteria are native to human colons, why the big concern over coliform contamination?

A: According to the question, we have to mention the solution of the question asked above i.e. If…

Q: How do nitrification and anammox differ?

A: Bacteria are microorganism that most commonly occur in the soil, air, water and in adverse…

Q: What is Escherichia coli?

A: Bacteria are microscopic, unicellular living organisms, which can be found everywhere. They can be…

Q: Why are some microorganisms capable of utilizing certain carbohydrates and some are not?

A: A microbe is a living entity that is so tiny that it cannot be seen with the naked eye. Microbiology…

Q: You are a bacterium. You are streaked on chocolate agar. This chocolate agar is a source of…

A: Cellular respiration and fermentation are both anabolic reactions in which organic molecules are…

Q: How was the product of streptomycin isolated by the scientist who discovered this?

A: Streptomycin was first discovered by the American biochemists Selman Walksman,Albert Schatz and…

Q: What is peptidoglycan?

A: Bacteria are microscopic organisms which belong to prokaryote because these are unicellular…

Q: Because elemental poisons, such as heavy metals, cannot be furtherdegraded even by microbes, what is…

A: Biological degradation is a process that results in the decay of complex substances into simpler…

Q: What is NBES?

A: NBEs stands for new biological entities. It can be defined as biological products that involve…

Q: Why are anaerobic microbes important for making food?

A: they are the organism that does not require oxygen for their metabolic activity in anaerobic…

Q: Why would proteins be degraded?

A: Proteins are the sequences of amino acids in which different amino acids are joined by the formation…

Q: In Methicillin resistant bacteria, what have the bacteria developed that allows them to stay alive…

A: Introduction :- Staphylococcus aureus,  is a common form of bacterium that can be detected on the…

Q: What do anaerobic bacteria cause?

A: An anaerobic bacteria are bacteria that do not live or grow when oxygen is present. It includes,…

Q: Why is oxygen toxic to some bacteria?

A: every bacteria has its optimum condition

Q: What is the purpose of CIT?

A: CIT: CIT stands for Crisis Intervention Team. CIT assist the individual in their mental illness.The…

Q: how does psychrotrophic bacteria cause the spoilage of refrigerated foods?

A: The term psychrotrophs (additionally named psychrotolerant) alludes to microorganisms that can…

Q: With regard to gram-negative enterics, what do the letters O, H,and K stand for?

A: The major classes of antigens which are used in defining strains of Gram negative bacilli are 0-…

Q: What is a secondary metabolite?

A: A metabolite is an intermediate or end product of metabolism. The term metabolite is usually used…

Q: What are the social and economic implications of the statement "Secondary metabolites are not…

A: There are two types of metabolites produced by an organism- Primary metabolites and Secondary…

Q: Who invented petri dish?

A: Microbial culture is a method of growing microbial organisms by letting them reproduce in a…

Q: Which bacteria is a common cause of food poisoning?

A: Answer: FOOD POISONING : It is the condition when the disease is caused by ingestion of the spoiled…

Q: ium that causes Hansen’s disease (leprosy), Mycobacterium leprae, infects mostly the extremities of…

A: A chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae is refers as leprosy. The pathogen of…

Q: What is the function of nitrifying bacteria?

A: Bacteria are a group of prokaryotic microscopic single celled organisms. They live in diverse…

Q: Is anaerobic bacteria dangerous?

A: Anaerobic bacteria refer to those bacteria that can survive and grow without oxygen. These bacteria…

Soil Ecosystem

Soil provides a habitat or living environment for a large number of different species of organisms as well as plants. It provides all the essential nutrients and minerals for plants to grow. All these together form the soil ecosystem.