CAMPBELL BIOLOGY IN FOCUS-MOD.MASTERING
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Chapter 24, Problem 8TYU
SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY
INTERPRET THE DATA The nitrogen-fixing bacterium Rhizobium infects the roots of some plant species, forming a mutualism in which the bacterium provides nitrogen and the plant provides carbohydrates. Scientists measured the 12-week growth of one such plant species (Acacia irrorata) when infected by six different Rhizobium strains. (a) Graph the data. (b) Interpret your graph.
Rhizobium strain | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Plant mass (g) | 0.91 | 0.06 | 1.56 | 1.72 | 0.14 | 1.03 |
Data from J. J. Burdon et al~ Variation In the effectiveness of symbiotic associations between native rhizobia and temperate Australian Acacia: Within-species interactions, Journal of Applied Ecology 36:398-408 (1999). | ||||||
Note: Without Rhizobium, after 12 Weeks, Acacia plants have a mass of about 0.1 g. |
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Ch. 24.3 - In a rapidly changing environment, which bacterial...Ch. 24.3 - WHAT IF? If a nonpathogenic bacterium were to...Ch. 24.4 - Explain how molecular systematics and metagenomics...Ch. 24.4 - WHAT IF? What would the discovery of a bacterial...Ch. 24.5 - Explain how prokaryotes, though small, can be...Ch. 24.5 - Prob. 2CCCh. 24.5 - Prob. 3CCCh. 24.5 - Prob. 4CCCh. 24 - Which of the following steps has not yet been...Ch. 24 - Fossilized stromatolites A. more than 2.8 billion...Ch. 24 - Prob. 3TYUCh. 24 - Photoautotrophs use A. light as an energy source...Ch. 24 - Which of the following statements is not true? A....Ch. 24 - Prob. 6TYUCh. 24 - Prob. 7TYUCh. 24 - SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY INTERPRET THE DATA The...Ch. 24 - FOCUS ON EVOLUTION In patients infected with...Ch. 24 - FOCUS ON ENERGY AND MATTER In a short essay (about...Ch. 24 - Prob. 11TYU
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