Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259709999
Author: Denise G. Anderson Lecturer, Sarah Salm, Deborah Allen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 3, Problem 5MC
The "O157" in the name E. coli O157:H7 refers to the type of O antigen. From this information you know that E. coli
a) has a capsule.
b) is a rod.
c) is a coccus.
d) is Gram-positive.
e) is Gram-negative.
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Chapter 3 Solutions
Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
Ch. 3 - Prob. 1SACh. 3 - Describe the difference between a simple stain and...Ch. 3 - Describe what happens at each step in the Gram...Ch. 3 - Compare and contrast ABC transport systems with...Ch. 3 - Diagram the structure of peptidoglycan.Ch. 3 - Give two reasons why the outer membrane of...Ch. 3 - Describe how a plasmid can help a cell.Ch. 3 -
8. How is receptor-mediated endocytosis different...Ch. 3 - What is the endosymbiotic theory?Ch. 3 - Explain how the Golgi apparatus cooperatively...
Ch. 3 - Which of the following is most likely to be used...Ch. 3 - When a medical technologist wants to determine if...Ch. 3 - Vibrio cholerae causes the disease cholera. Based...Ch. 3 -
4. Endotoxin is associated with
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9. The antibiotic erythromycin prevents protein...Ch. 3 -
10. If a eukaryotic cell were treated with a...Ch. 3 -
1. You are working in a laboratory producing new...Ch. 3 -
2. A research laboratory is investigating...Ch. 3 -
This graph shows facilitated diffusion of a...Ch. 3 - Most medically useful antibiotics interfere with...
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