Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
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Chapter 2, Problem 5SA
Summary Introduction
To review:
The relationship between dehydration synthesis and hydrolysis reactions using examples.
Introduction:
Anorganism’s body is made by a large number of different types of macromolecules. Macromolecules are made up of smaller units of monomers, which are joined together to form
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Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
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2. Why is water a good solvent?
Ch. 2 - Which solution is more acidic, one with a pH of 4...Ch. 2 - Prob. 4SACh. 2 - Prob. 5SACh. 2 - What is a structural isomer?Ch. 2 - Name the major groups of lipids and give an...Ch. 2 - List six functions of proteins.Ch. 2 -
9. What are the four levels of protein structure,...Ch. 2 - How do DNA and RNA differ from one another in...
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2. An oxygen atom has an atomic number of 8. It...Ch. 2 - Dehydration synthesis is involved in the synthesis...Ch. 2 - The primary structure of a protein relates to its...Ch. 2 -
5. Pure water has all of the following properties...Ch. 2 - When the pH of a solution changes from 3 to 8, the...Ch. 2 - A shortage of nitrogen (N) would make it most...Ch. 2 - Complementarity plays a major role in the...Ch. 2 - Prob. 9MCCh. 2 - The function of a buffer is to a) bring the pH of...Ch. 2 - A group of prokaryotes known as thermophiles...Ch. 2 -
2. Microorganisms use hydrogen bonds to attach to...Ch. 2 - What properties of the carbon atom make it ideal...Ch. 2 -
2. A biologist determined the amounts of several...Ch. 2 - The table on the right indicates the freezing and...
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