NESTER'S MICROBIOLOGY(LL)

9th Edition

ISBN: 9781260535587

Author: Anderson

Publisher: MCG

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Bacteria and archaea are two different prokaryotic domains that, along with eukarya, make up the three domains of life. Archaeal organisms can be found all over the biosphere. Many genera are extremophiles, meaning they thrive in extreme environments suc…

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Chapter 1, Problem 7MC

Members of which pairing are most similar in appearance to each other?

a) fungi and algae

b) algae and archaea

c) archaea and bacteria

d) bacteria and viruses

e) viruses and algae

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NESTER'S MICROBIOLOGY(LL)

Ch. 1 - How did Louis Pasteur help disprove spontaneous...Ch. 1 - 2. Describe the scientific method. Ch. 1 - Explain why life could not exist without the...Ch. 1 - How is the normal microbiota important to human...Ch. 1 - 5. List four commercially important benefits of...Ch. 1 - What characteristics of microorganisms make them...Ch. 1 - Prob. 7SA Ch. 1 - In the designation Escherichia coli B. which part...Ch. 1 - 9. Why are viruses not microorganisms? Ch. 1 - Name three non-living groups in the microbial...

Ch. 1 - The property of endospores that led to confusion...Ch. 1 - 2. The Golden Age of Microbiology was the time...Ch. 1 - If all prokaryotes were eliminated from the...Ch. 1 - Prob. 4MC Ch. 1 - 5. All of the following are biological domains...Ch. 1 - 6. Which name is written correctly? a)...Ch. 1 - 7. Members of which pairing are most similar in...Ch. 1 - 8. If you wanted to increase your chances of...Ch. 1 - 9. Viruses 1. contain both protein and nucleic...Ch. 1 - Antony van Leeuwenhoek could not have observed a)...Ch. 1 - The American Society for Microbiology is preparing...Ch. 1 - If you were asked to nominate one of the...Ch. 1 - A microbiologist obtained two pure biological...Ch. 1 - Why would archaea that grow in extreme...

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Members of which pairing are most similar in appearance to each other? a) fungi and algae b) algae and archaea c) archaea and bacteria d) bacteria and viruses e) viruses and algae

Solution Summary: The author explains that archaea, bacteria, and Eukarya belong to three main biological domains of life.

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