Were any sampling sites devoid of life? What were those sites like? Could microbes have been present at those sites and not detected? Why or why not?

Q: Give two examples of those bacteria that can survive in hot sulphur springs.

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

Q: Which of the following is NOT a mechanism of how microbes are able to reach deep subsurface portions…

A: Microbes  Microbes are the organism that are not visible to naked eyes.

Q: It is thought that every microbe has a fundamentalniche and a realized niche. How does a…

A: The response of an organism to its immediate environment that includes the resource distribution and…

Q: For most part of our planet’s history, organisms are microbial. Explain why this is the case?

A: Microorganisms are small organism that cannot be seen by naked eyes. They include bacteria, fungi,…

Q: What could thwart microbial bioremediation of a sitethat contains buried nuclear weapons that are…

A: Bioremediation of radioactive waste is one of the most important applications of bioremediation.…

Q: How did the experiments of Redi and Pasteur refute the hypothesis of spontaneous generation?

A: According to the theory of spontaneous generation, life can arise spontaneously from non-living…

Q: What were the results of the contamination on the environment from Hurricane Katrina?

A: Hurricane Katrina was a large Atlantic hurricane in 2005. This hurricane resulted in thousand of…

Q: Why do microbiologists believe that the Archaea were the type of microbes from which all other life…

A: Microorganisms are microscopic structures that can be seen or studied with the help of a microscope.…

Q: In keeping with the style of Table 17-1, what would you call organisms that are MM N OO; MM NN OO;…

A: Chromosomes are DNA-protein hereditary structures. Chromosomes are formed by condensation of…

Q: Following the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, the regional microbialflora was destroyed. What impact…

A: The Chernobyl disaster refers to a nuclear accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in the…

Q: Why does ozone hole form over Antarctica? How will enhanced ultravioletradiation affect us?

A: Ultraviolet is a sort of electromagnetic radiation, its wavelength ranges from 10 nm to 400 nm, less…

Q: Your friend's cottage is on a lake that has experienced numerous blooms of cyanobacteria (blue green…

A: A combination of warm temperatures, sunlight amd nutrient rich waters can cause blue green algae to…

Q: How did Pasteur’s experimental design allow air, but not microbes, to enter, and why was this…

A: There were many theories that were proposed for the origin of life. But the most accepted theory was…

Q: What was Leeuwenhoek’s contribution to microbiology?

A: Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek is widely regarded and acknowledged as the father of Microbiology .

Q: Some people consider Leeuwenhoek the "Father of Microbiology." Explain why this moniker makes sense.

A: Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek was a Dutch businessman and moslty a self-learned scientist. He is…

Q: In the experiment performed, why wasn’t the same medium used for enumeration of all three types of…

A: Soil contains different types of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, protozoa, algae, and…

Q: Prokaryotes are all around us. What experiment can be Developed to visualize these microbes from an…

A: Prokaryotic cells are single-celled having unicellular organisms.

Q: Why did the soap have to “cure” in the molds?

A: Fats and oils are triglycerides having a glycerol backbone with all the hydroxyl groups esterified…

Q: how did winogradsky and beijerink contribute to the study of microbial ecology ? what new culturing…

A: Contrary to popular belief the vast majority of bacteria are harmless to humans and a large number…

Q: f all the Petri dishes/agar plates grew bacteria, including the control, what do you think could be…

A: Bacteria: Bacteria are single-celled organisms that are tiny. Bacteria can be found practically…

Q: If you are to invalidate the abiogenesis theory using Louis Pasteur’s experiment, how will you…

A: The oldest surviving terrestrial rocks, about 4.3 billion years old, contain no definite trace of…

Q: which type of microbes thrive in dirty/wet environments

A: According to bartleby experts guidelines, we are not allowed to refer any article reference so I'm…

Q: Why can you see organisms now, but couldn’t see them when you first swabbed the plate?  A bacterial…

A: Bacteria are microscopic, single-celled organisms that can be found in diverse kinds of…

Q: If Ground Rosemary spice did not show any antibiotic behavior, does this provide enough evidence…

A: The scientific name of Rosemary spices is Rosmarinus officinalis and belong to the family Lamiacea.…

Q: How has next-generation sequencing technology altered ourunderstanding of microbial community…

A: Introduction Microbes are minute, unicellular organisms which are widely distributed in nature.…

Q: No gas was observed in any of the tubes. How would you know if any of the bacteria from the data set…

A: TSIA(Triple Sugar Iron Agar) medium is used to diffrentiate between organism undergoing carbohydrate…

Q: From which microbe did mitochondria arise? What is the reason behind this belief?

A: Mitochondria is a cell organelle that is the double membrane-bound structure present in the cell.…

Q: Why was knowledge of how to obtain a pure culture important for development of the science of…

A: A pure culture is one that contains only one species of an organism. The procedure of pure culture…

Q: Why was Van Leeuwenhoek's discovery of the unknown such a milestone achievement for the progress in…

A: Microbiology is the study of tiny micro where influence on the other living being and how they can…

Q: 1) Psychrop hiles Mirobes that live in cold environments like sea ice and the arctic and…

A: An extremophile is a kind of organism that thrives in harsh conditions. Extremophiles are species…

Q: How did Pasteur’s experiments using swan-necked flasks defeatthe theory of spontaneous generation?

A: The theory of spontaneous generation was first proposed  by Greek philosopher Aristotle. He stated…

Q: Why are live cell cultures better than preserved samples for microbial taxonomy?

A: Microbial taxonomy is a system for classifying and categorising microorganisms. Organisms that have…

Q: Why Loius Pasteur, Robert Hooke, and Antoni van Leeuwenhoek are the important persons in the field…

A: Bacteria, viruses, archaea, fungi, and protozoa are examples of tiny creatures studied in…

Q: What conclusions could be drawn from studying microbial habitats?

A: Microbes are the microscopic organisms that can be prokaryotic or eukaryotic in nature. They have…

Q: rganisms from deep hot subsurface under their in situ conditions when trying to culture them?…

A: EXTREMOPHILES- These are those microorganisms who lives outside the normal environment. Some…

Q: What lines of evidence indicate that microbial life was presenton Earth 3.5 billion years ago?

A: Microbes are living organisms that are very small and we cannot see them with our naked eyes. Some…

Q: Why is 1857-1914 considered as the golden age of microbiology?

A: Microbiology helps us to identify the microorganisms that exist in food. With a better understanding…

Q: Why do you think there are limited scientists like microbiologists that focuses in studying…

A: Archae are group of single celled prokaryotic microorganisms and are separate from bacteria.

Q: How did the experiments of Redi and Pasteur refute the spontaneous generation hypothesis?

A: Introduction In this question we will discuss about the Redi and Pasteur experiments

Q: A sample of raw ground beef initially contained 113 E. Coli bacteria. After six hours, there are…

A: In modern biotechnology, the bacterium of Escherichia coli (E. coli for short) is important.…

Q: Allyson Byrd "Adapting Koch's postulates how microbial community sequencing could contribute to the…

A: Introduction :- Robert koch was a medical doctor and a bacteriologist .He was first to show that…

Q: How did louis pasteur help disprove spontaneous generation?

A: The theory of spontaneous generation states that living organisms can be created from non-living…

Q: What led blologists to assign universally accepted names to organisms?

A: -Need of naming the organism - Scientific names are used to describe varied species of organisms in…

Q: Which of the following chemical elements was absent from the first prebiotic experiment performed by…

A: Miller-Urey experiment was an experiment that was performed to describe or show the origin of life…

Q: What were the earliest forms of life on Earth?  What was the energy source for the earliest form of…

A: prokaryotes were the earliest life forms on earth and used carbon compounds for their fuel They…

Terrestrial Ecosystem

An ecosystem is a collection of interconnected communities. It includes both living and non-living elements of specific strata. The terrestrial ecosystem is solely related to the ecosystem present on the land and covers 25 to 30% of the total earth’s surface area.