PRESCOTT'S MICROBIOLOGY
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Why do you think NH3 is converted to the amino acid glutamate in heterocysts before its transfer to neighboring vegetative cells?
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PRESCOTT'S MICROBIOLOGY
Ch. 21.3 - In what ways are members of Aquifex and Thermotoga...Ch. 21.3 - Prob. 2CCCh. 21.3 - Design an experiment designed to explore the role...Ch. 21.3 - Explain the relationship between genome size and...Ch. 21.4 - Which of the phototrophs discussed perform...Ch. 21.4 - Prob. 1.2CCCh. 21.4 - Compare the capacity of green nonsulfur...Ch. 21.4 - Why do you think NH3 is converted to the amino...Ch. 21.4 - Prob. 2.1CCCh. 21.4 - Prob. 2.2CC
Ch. 21.4 - Prob. 2.3CCCh. 21.4 - Describe how a vegetative cell, a heterocyst, and...Ch. 21.4 - Prob. 2.5CCCh. 21.4 - Prob. 2.6CCCh. 21.5 - Prob. 1MICh. 21.5 - Prob. 2MICh. 21.5 - Prob. 1CCCh. 21.5 - Prob. 2CCCh. 21.5 - What might have been some of the culture...Ch. 21.5 - Prob. 4CCCh. 21.5 - Prob. 5CCCh. 21.7 - Prob. 1MICh. 21.8 - Prob. 1CCCh. 21.8 - Prob. 2CCCh. 21.8 - Prob. 3CCCh. 21.8 - Why are cytophagas ecologically important?Ch. 21.8 - Prob. 5CCCh. 21 - Prob. 1RCCh. 21 - Prob. 2RCCh. 21 - Prob. 3RCCh. 21 - Prob. 4RCCh. 21 - Prob. 5RCCh. 21 - Prob. 6RCCh. 21 - Prob. 7RCCh. 21 - The cyanobacterium Anabaena grows well in liquid...Ch. 21 - Compare the structural and functional differences...Ch. 21 - Prob. 3ALCh. 21 - Prob. 4ALCh. 21 - Prob. 5AL
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