Modified Mastering Microbiology with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Brock Biology of Microorganisms (15th Edition)

15th Edition

ISBN: 9780134631530

Author: Michael T. Madigan, Kelly S. Bender, Daniel H. Buckley, W. Matthew Sattley, David A. Stahl

Publisher: PEARSON

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Modified Mastering Microbiology with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Brock Biology of Microorganisms (15th Edition)

Ch. 1.1 - In what ways are microorganisms important to...Ch. 1.1 - Why are microbial cells useful for understanding...Ch. 1.1 - What is a microbial colony and how is one formed?Ch. 1.1 - What are bacterial colonies and how are they...Ch. 1.2 - What structures are universal to all types of...Ch. 1.2 - Prob. 2MQ Ch. 1.2 - What structures can be used to distinguish between...Ch. 1.2 - Prob. 1CR Ch. 1.3 - How old is Earth and when did cells first appear...Ch. 1.3 - Prob. 2MQ

Ch. 1.3 - Why were cyanobacteria so important in the...Ch. 1.3 - Prob. 1CR Ch. 1.4 - Prob. 1MQ Ch. 1.4 - Prob. 2MQ Ch. 1.4 - Prob. 3MQ Ch. 1.4 - Prob. 1CR Ch. 1.5 - Define the terms magnification and resolution.Ch. 1.5 - Prob. 2MQ Ch. 1.5 - Prob. 1CR Ch. 1.6 - Prob. 1MQ Ch. 1.6 - Prob. 2MQ Ch. 1.6 - How can cells be made to fluoresce?Ch. 1.6 - Prob. 1CR Ch. 1.7 - Prob. 1MQ Ch. 1.7 - Prob. 2MQ Ch. 1.7 - Prob. 1CR Ch. 1.8 - Prob. 1MQ Ch. 1.8 - Prob. 2MQ Ch. 1.8 - Prob. 1CR Ch. 1.9 - Prob. 1MQ Ch. 1.9 - Prob. 2MQ Ch. 1.9 - Besides ending the controversy over spontaneous...Ch. 1.9 - Explain the principle behind the Pasteur flask in...Ch. 1.10 - How do Kochs postulates ensure that cause and...Ch. 1.10 - What advantages do solid media offer for the...Ch. 1.10 - Prob. 3MQ Ch. 1.10 - Prob. 1CR Ch. 1.11 - What is meant by the term enrichment culture?Ch. 1.11 - Prob. 2MQ Ch. 1.11 - What were the major microbiological interests of...Ch. 1.12 - Describe the experiments that proved DNA was the...Ch. 1.12 - Why are microbial cells useful tools for basic...Ch. 1.12 - Describe the experiments that proved DNA to be the...Ch. 1.13 - What kinds of evidence support the three-domain...Ch. 1.13 - What is a phylogenetic tree?Ch. 1.13 - List three reasons why rRNA genes are suitable for...Ch. 1.13 - What insights led to the reconstruction of the...Ch. 1.14 - How are viruses different from Bacteria, Archaea,...Ch. 1.14 - What four bacterial phyla contain the most...Ch. 1.14 - Prob. 3MQ Ch. 1.14 - What features (or lack of features) can be used to...Ch. 1 - Pasteurs experiments on spontaneous generation...Ch. 1 - Describe the lines of proof Robert Koch used to...Ch. 1 - Imagine that all microorganisms suddenly...

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