PRESCOTTS GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY
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Author: WILLEY
Publisher: MCG/CREATE
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Chapter 20, Problem 1AL
Some believe that archaea should not be separate from bacteria because both groups are prokaryotic. Do you agree or disagree? Explain your reasoning.
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PRESCOTTS GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY
Ch. 20.1 - MICRO INQUIRY Given that the DC/HB pathway uses...Ch. 20.1 - Prob. 2MICh. 20.1 - Prob. 1CCCh. 20.1 - Why do methanogens use the reductive acetyl-CoA...Ch. 20.1 - Prob. 3CCCh. 20.1 - Compare the ATP and NADH yield of each of the...Ch. 20.2 - MICRO INQUIRY Identify the potential electron...Ch. 20.2 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply What are thermoacidophiles...Ch. 20.2 - Prob. 2CCCh. 20.2 - Compare the carbon and sulfur metabolism of...
Ch. 20.2 - Prob. 4CCCh. 20.2 - Prob. 5CCCh. 20.3 - MICRO INQUIRY What are the mechanisms by which...Ch. 20.3 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply Why are the growth yields...Ch. 20.3 - Prob. 2CCCh. 20.3 - What is the ecological and practical importance of...Ch. 20.3 - Where are extreme halophiles found, and what is...Ch. 20.3 - What is the difference between sensory rhodopsin...Ch. 20.3 - How is Thermoplasma able to live in acidic, very...Ch. 20.3 - In what way are members of the genus Archaeoglobus...Ch. 20 - Prob. 1RCCh. 20 - Prob. 2RCCh. 20 - Prob. 3RCCh. 20 - Prob. 4RCCh. 20 - Prob. 5RCCh. 20 - Prob. 6RCCh. 20 - Prob. 7RCCh. 20 - Some believe that archaea should not be separate...Ch. 20 - Prob. 2ALCh. 20 - Prob. 3ALCh. 20 - Prob. 4ALCh. 20 - Prob. 5ALCh. 20 - Prob. 6ALCh. 20 - Prob. 7AL
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- Bacteria and archaea are similar in size. Explain what other characteristics bacteria and archaea have in common and the differences between them.arrow_forwardAna wants to engineer a super archaea which can survive and thrive in extremely hot and hypersaline water. What characteristics should she use to achieve the organism? Provide at least 3 and justify your answer.arrow_forwardWhy were Archaea originally thought to be simply unusual forms of Bacteria? What lines of evidence showed this domain to form a distinct branch on the tree of life?arrow_forward
- Which of the following is a characteristic that archaea had but which bacteria did not? Group of answer choices having an ether linkage in the phospholipid membrane having a 70S sized ribosome having no nuclear membrane having a circular chromosomearrow_forwardWhat do you mean by domain bacteria? Explain it briefly.arrow_forwardDespite many interesting characteristics and features observed in Archaea, why is there not much study about these organisms?arrow_forward
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