Prescott's Microbiology

10th Edition

ISBN: 9781259281594

Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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Chapter 19.6, Problem 1RIA

Why is the second edition of Bergey’s Manual no longer based on phenetic classification?

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Prescott's Microbiology

Ch. 19.1 - What is a natural classification? What microbial...Ch. 19.1 - What is polyphasic taxonomy, and what three types...Ch. 19.1 - Consider the finding that bacteria capable of...Ch. 19.2 - What is the difference between a microbial species...Ch. 19.2 - Why is it important to have a type strain for each...Ch. 19.2 - The genus Salmonella was once thought to contain...Ch. 19.3 - MICRO INQUIRY Would this curve be shifted to the...Ch. 19.3 - Why does isolate #2 yield only one DNA fragment...Ch. 19.3 - What are the advantages of using each major group...Ch. 19.3 - Why is it not safe to assume that two...

Ch. 19.3 - Prob. 3RIA Ch. 19.3 - Why is rRNA so suitable for determining...Ch. 19.3 - Prob. 5RIA Ch. 19.4 - Could a phylotype be considered an OTU? What about...Ch. 19.4 - List the differences between distance-based and...Ch. 19.4 - Prob. 3RIA Ch. 19.4 - You are building a tree based on 16S rRNA sequence...Ch. 19.4 - Is HGT involved in movement of genes in the core...Ch. 19.5 - On what evidence is this hypothesis based?Ch. 19.5 - Construct a scenario in which each of the...Ch. 19.5 - Which do you think would have a pan-genome more...Ch. 19.5 - Define ecotype. Do you think it is necessary to...Ch. 19.5 - What is the difference between the core genome and...Ch. 19.5 - Of the following genes, which do you think are...Ch. 19.5 - Prob. 4RIA Ch. 19.6 - Why is the second edition of Bergeys Manual no...Ch. 19.6 - Describe two different situations in which it...Ch. 19 - Consider the fact that the use of 16S rRNA...Ch. 19 - Bacteria and Archaea were classified phenetically...Ch. 19 - You have recently established a pure culture of a...Ch. 19 - Prob. 4CHI Ch. 19 - Prob. 5CHI Ch. 19 - In 2007 a severe food-borne outbreak of...Ch. 19 - Prob. 7CHI

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