Prescott's Microbiology
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ISBN: 9781259281594
Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 25.5, Problem 1RIA
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The Bacillariophyta is a diatom and it is the major algae group particularly microalgae found in waterways, oceans, and soil. It is also a part of phytoplankton that feeds on many freshwater and marine organisms. It grows on floating debris, macrophytes, and benthic substrates.
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Prescott's Microbiology
Ch. 25.1 - Prob. 1RIACh. 25.1 - Prob. 2RIACh. 25.1 - Prob. 3RIACh. 25.1 - Prob. 4RIACh. 25.1 - Prob. 5RIACh. 25.1 - Describe vesicular, ovular, and chromosomal...Ch. 25.1 - Why has taxonomic classification of protists been...Ch. 25.2 - Prob. 1MICh. 25.2 - What are the functions of the stigma and the...Ch. 25.2 - Prob. 1RIA
Ch. 25.2 - What is the function of the plasmalemma and...Ch. 25.2 - Prob. 3RIACh. 25.3 - Prob. 1MICh. 25.3 - Prob. 2MICh. 25.3 - Prob. 1RIACh. 25.3 - Prob. 2RIACh. 25.3 - What is a plasmodium? How does it differ from the...Ch. 25.3 - Prob. 4RIACh. 25.4 - Prob. 1MICh. 25.4 - What are the functions of the micronucleus and...Ch. 25.4 - How does the trigger for sexual reproduction...Ch. 25.4 - Prob. 1RIACh. 25.4 - Compare how radiolaria use axopodia with the way...Ch. 25.4 - Prob. 3RIACh. 25.4 - Prob. 4RIACh. 25.4 - Describe conjugation as it occurs in ciliates....Ch. 25.4 - Prob. 6RIACh. 25.4 - Prob. 7RIACh. 25.5 - Which of the cells shown above are haploid and...Ch. 25.5 - Prob. 1RIACh. 25.5 - Prob. 2RIACh. 25.5 - Prob. 3RIACh. 25.5 - What does the discovery of a large group of...Ch. 25.5 - Compare the morphology of members of the genus...Ch. 25 - Protist encystment is usually triggered by changes...Ch. 25 - Prob. 2CHICh. 25 - Vaccine development for diseases caused by...Ch. 25 - Some protists reproduce asexually when nutrients...Ch. 25 - Prob. 5CHICh. 25 - Benthic foraminifera inhabit marine sediments. It...
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