Biology: Concepts and Investment (Comprehensive Instructor's)
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Author: Hoefnagels
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Chapter 17, Problem 15WIO
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Why taking antibiotics causes digestive problems and how the problem does fix itself.
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Antibiotics are chemicals released by certain microbes like soil bacteria, fungi and more to protect themselves against other organisms. These chemicals kill the bacteria or stop their growth. Thus, these are used as medicines to treat bacterial infections.
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Biology: Concepts and Investment (Comprehensive Instructor's)
Ch. 17.1 - What are two domains that contain prokaryotes?Ch. 17.1 - Prob. 2MCCh. 17.1 - Prob. 3MCCh. 17.1 - Why are most species of prokaryotes little...Ch. 17.2 - Prob. 1MCCh. 17.2 - Prob. 2MCCh. 17.2 - What does the Gram stain reveal about a cell?Ch. 17.2 - Prob. 4MCCh. 17.2 - How are molecular data changing microbial...Ch. 17.2 - Prob. 6MC
Ch. 17.3 - Prob. 1MCCh. 17.3 - Prob. 2MCCh. 17.3 - Prob. 3MCCh. 17.4 - Prob. 1MCCh. 17.4 - Prob. 2MCCh. 17.4 - What adaptations enable pathogenic bacteria to...Ch. 17.4 - What are some practical uses of bacteria and...Ch. 17.5 - Prob. 1MCCh. 17.5 - Prob. 2MCCh. 17 - A prokaryotic cell is one that a. lacks DNA. b....Ch. 17 - Which of these is a distinguishing characteristic...Ch. 17 - What feature distinguishes the cell walls of...Ch. 17 - What type of organism may use inorganic chemicals...Ch. 17 - Prob. 5MCQCh. 17 - Prob. 6MCQCh. 17 - Prob. 7MCQCh. 17 - Prob. 8MCQCh. 17 - Explain why the antibiotics penicillin and...Ch. 17 - Why do some microbiologists disagree with...Ch. 17 - Give five examples that illustrate how bacteria...Ch. 17 - If you were developing a new "broad-spectrum"...Ch. 17 - Describe your own metabolic classification: Are...Ch. 17 - A prokaryote with which type of metabolism would...Ch. 17 - Ernst Mayr defined a biological species as a...Ch. 17 - Why did the discovery of archaea generate interest...Ch. 17 - In an article in Nature magazine, Sean Nee wrote...Ch. 17 - Ecosystems rely on nitrogen -fixing bacteria,...Ch. 17 - Prob. 11WIOCh. 17 - Prob. 12WIOCh. 17 - Prob. 13WIOCh. 17 - Prob. 14WIOCh. 17 - Prob. 15WIOCh. 17 - Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes most cases of...Ch. 17 - Prob. 1PITCh. 17 - Add autotrophs, heterotrophs, phototrophs, and...Ch. 17 - Prob. 3PITCh. 17 - Create a new concept map that includes the...Ch. 17 - Prob. 4PITCh. 17 - Prob. 6PIT
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