Brock Biology of Microbiology - Modern MasteringBiology
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ISBN: 9780134602325
Author: MADIGAN
Publisher: PEARSON
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Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch was a physician and microbiologist. He was the founder of modern bacteriology and he identified the causative agents for the diseases such as anthrax, tuberculosis and cholera. Koch gave an experimental support for infectious diseases in animals and humans. He created a technique and technologies in the area of
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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. 2MQCh. 1.2 - What structures can be used to distinguish between...Ch. 1.2 - Prob. 1CRCh. 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. 1CRCh. 1.4 - Prob. 1MQCh. 1.4 - Prob. 2MQCh. 1.4 - Prob. 3MQCh. 1.4 - Prob. 1CRCh. 1.5 - Define the terms magnification and resolution.Ch. 1.5 - Prob. 2MQCh. 1.5 - Prob. 1CRCh. 1.6 - Prob. 1MQCh. 1.6 - Prob. 2MQCh. 1.6 - How can cells be made to fluoresce?Ch. 1.6 - Prob. 1CRCh. 1.7 - Prob. 1MQCh. 1.7 - Prob. 2MQCh. 1.7 - Prob. 1CRCh. 1.8 - Prob. 1MQCh. 1.8 - Prob. 2MQCh. 1.8 - Prob. 1CRCh. 1.9 - Prob. 1MQCh. 1.9 - Prob. 2MQCh. 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. 3MQCh. 1.10 - Prob. 1CRCh. 1.11 - What is meant by the term enrichment culture?Ch. 1.11 - Prob. 2MQCh. 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. 3MQCh. 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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