Microbiology: A Systems Approach
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780073402437
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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You are a scientist researching West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne pathogen. You note that the number of cases of West Nile disease in your county skyrocketed to their highest levels ever this past summer, which also was the wettest summer in 100 years. Using the scientific method, develop a sound hypothesis explaining the increase in disease cases last summer and a method for testing this hypothesis.
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Microbiology: A Systems Approach
Ch. 1.1 - List the various types of microorganisms.Ch. 1.1 - Identify multiple professions using microbiology.Ch. 1.2 - Describe the role and impact of microbes on the...Ch. 1.2 - Explain the theory of evolution and why it is...Ch. 1.3 - Explain one old way and one new way that humans...Ch. 1.4 - Summarize the relative burden of human disease...Ch. 1.5 - Differentiate among bacteria, archaea, and...Ch. 1.5 - Identify a fourth type of microorganism.Ch. 1.5 - Compare and contrast the relative sizes of the...Ch. 1.6 - Make a time line of the development of...
Ch. 1.6 - Prob. 2CFCh. 1.6 - List some recent microbiological discoveries of...Ch. 1.6 - Explain what is important about the scientific...Ch. 1.7 - Differentiate among the terms nomenclature,...Ch. 1.7 - Create a mnemonic device for remembering the...Ch. 1.7 - Correctly write the binomial name for a...Ch. 1.7 - Draw a diagram of the three major domains.Ch. 1.7 - Explain the difference between traditional and...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1CFCh. 1 - Which of the following is not considered a...Ch. 1 - Which process involves the deliberate alteration...Ch. 1 - Prob. 3MCQCh. 1 - Prob. 4MCQCh. 1 - Prob. 5MCQCh. 1 - Prob. 6MCQCh. 1 - Which is the correct order of the taxonomic...Ch. 1 - Prob. 8MCQCh. 1 - Order the following items by size, using numbers:...Ch. 1 - How would you classify a virus? a. prokaryotic b....Ch. 1 - Organisms in the same order are more closely...Ch. 1 - Prob. 12TFCh. 1 - Prob. 13TFCh. 1 - Prob. 14TFCh. 1 - Prob. 15TFCh. 1 - Prob. 1CTQCh. 1 - Define the term ubiquitous, and provide examples...Ch. 1 - Prob. 3CTQCh. 1 - Prob. 4CTQCh. 1 - Prob. 5CTQCh. 1 - Prob. 6CTQCh. 1 - Differentiate the terms emerging disease and...Ch. 1 - Discuss how the findings of Louis Pasteur may have...Ch. 1 - Prob. 9CTQCh. 1 - You are a scientist researching West Nile virus, a...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1CCCh. 1 - Prob. 2CCCh. 1 - Prob. 3CCCh. 1 - Prob. 1VCCh. 1 - Prob. 1CM
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