Brock Biology of Microorganisms (15th Edition)

15th Edition

ISBN: 9780134261928

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

Publisher: PEARSON

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What characteristics would have made the surface of Earth inhospitable to the formation of life 4.5 billion years ago?

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Brock Biology of Microorganisms (15th Edition)

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Ch. 13.3 - Which of the three domains is the least ancient?Ch. 13.3 - What evidence supports the classification of life...Ch. 13.4 - What evidence supports the idea that the...Ch. 13.4 - In what ways are modern eukaryotes a combination...Ch. 13.4 - Describe the different hypotheses for the...Ch. 13.4 - What is the endosymbiotic hypothesis for the...Ch. 13.5 - What are the different processes that give rise to...Ch. 13.5 - What is the difference between selection and...Ch. 13.5 - In the experiment of Figure 13.12, why did the...Ch. 13.5 - What is fitness? To what degree does fitness...Ch. 13.6 - What is the difference between the core and pan...Ch. 13.6 - What kind of recombination might have the greatest...Ch. 13.6 - What effects do deletions have on the evolution of...Ch. 13.6 - What are some processes that influence the content...Ch. 13.7 - How are DNA sequences obtained for phylogenetic...Ch. 13.7 - What does a phylogenetic tree depict?Ch. 13.7 - Prob. 3MQ Ch. 13.7 - What is the difference between a gene tree and an...Ch. 13.8 - What is the difference between taxonomy and...Ch. 13.8 - What are some key criteria from the phylogenetic...Ch. 13.8 - How many species of Bacteria and Archaea have been...Ch. 13.8 - What is the "species problem" and why is the...Ch. 13.9 - What class of genes is used in MLST analyses?Ch. 13.9 - How is ribotyping different from rep-PCR?Ch. 13.9 - What is FAME analysis?Ch. 13.9 - Prob. 1CR Ch. 13.10 - What roles do culture collections play in...Ch. 13.10 - What is the IJSEM and what taxonomic function does...Ch. 13.10 - Why might viable cell cultures be of more use in...Ch. 13.10 - Prob. 1CR Ch. 13 - Compare and contrast the physical and chemical...Ch. 13 - For the following sequences, construct the...Ch. 13 - Imagine that you have been given several bacterial...Ch. 13 - Imagine that you have discovered a new form of...

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