EBK BROCK BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS
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Author: Stahl
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 15.22, Problem 2MQ
- Would you expect to find greigite or magnetite in the magnetosomes of Desulfovibrio magneticus?
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Ch. 15.1 - Why is it necessary to consider microbial...Ch. 15.1 - What are three reasons that functional traits...Ch. 15.1 - What is convergent evolution and how is it...Ch. 15.2 - What form of photosynthesis was most likely the...Ch. 15.2 - Which bacterial phyla contain phototrophs?Ch. 15.3 - What are the differentiating properties of the...Ch. 15.3 - Prob. 2MQCh. 15.3 - How are prochlorophytes, such as Prochlorococcus,...Ch. 15.4 - What is the source of the purple color from which...Ch. 15.4 - Prob. 2MQ
Ch. 15.4 - Compare and contrast the metabolism, morphology,...Ch. 15.5 - What are some similarities between purple...Ch. 15.5 - Prob. 2MQCh. 15.5 - Compare and contrast the metabolism of purple...Ch. 15.6 - Prob. 1MQCh. 15.6 - Prob. 2MQCh. 15.6 - Prob. 1CRCh. 15.7 - Prob. 1MQCh. 15.7 - Prob. 2MQCh. 15.7 - Prob. 1CRCh. 15.8 - What types of anoxygenic phototrophs contain...Ch. 15.8 - Prob. 2MQCh. 15.8 - In what ways is Chloracidobacterium thermophilum...Ch. 15.9 - What are the typical electron donors used by...Ch. 15.9 - What bacterial phyla are known to contain...Ch. 15.9 - Prob. 1CRCh. 15.10 - What are the typical electron donors used by...Ch. 15.10 - Prob. 2MQCh. 15.10 - In what ways are sulfur-reducing bacteria...Ch. 15.11 - Describe the energy and carbon metabolism of...Ch. 15.11 - What are some ecological strategies that sulfur...Ch. 15.11 - Prob. 1CRCh. 15.12 - What mechanisms do free-living diazotraphs use to...Ch. 15.12 - Prob. 2MQCh. 15.12 - What are some ways that diazotrophs protect...Ch. 15.13 - Under what conditions would you expect...Ch. 15.13 - Prob. 2MQCh. 15.13 - Prob. 1CRCh. 15.14 - In what phylogenetic groups are Geobacter and...Ch. 15.14 - Prob. 2MQCh. 15.14 - Prob. 1CRCh. 15.15 - What habitat characteristics govern the diversity...Ch. 15.15 - How do aerobic neutrophilic iron-oxidizers keep...Ch. 15.15 - Prob. 1CRCh. 15.16 - What is the difference between a methanotroph and...Ch. 15.16 - What is unique about the methanotroph...Ch. 15.16 - What are the differences between type I and type...Ch. 15.17 - Prob. 1MQCh. 15.17 - What are the different ways in which species of...Ch. 15.17 - Compare and contrast the life cycle of Myxococcus...Ch. 15.18 - Prob. 1MQCh. 15.18 - Prob. 2MQCh. 15.18 - Prob. 1CRCh. 15.19 - What are the major differences between spirochetes...Ch. 15.19 - Name two diseases of humans caused by spirochetes.Ch. 15.19 - Contrast the motility of spirochetes with that of...Ch. 15.20 - Prob. 1MQCh. 15.20 - Prob. 2MQCh. 15.20 - Contrast the life cycle of Hyphomicrobium with...Ch. 15.21 - Describe how a sheathed bacterium such as...Ch. 15.21 - List two metals that are oxidized by sheathed...Ch. 15.21 - In what environment might you expect to find...Ch. 15.22 - What benefit do magnetic bacteria accrue from...Ch. 15.22 - Would you expect to find greigite or magnetite in...Ch. 15.22 - In what way does a magnetosome contribute to the...Ch. 15 - Describe a key physiological feature of the...Ch. 15 - Describe the metabolism for each of the following...Ch. 15 - Using an example from each of the morphologically...
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