Prescott's Microbiology
Prescott's Microbiology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781260211887
Author: WILLEY, Sandman, Wood
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Ch. 30.1 - Prob. 1MICh. 30.1 - What factors influence oxygen solubility? How is...Ch. 30.1 - Describe the buffering system that regulates the...Ch. 30.1 - Prob. 3CCCh. 30.1 - What features of a thermocline make it similar to...Ch. 30.2 - How is sulfur cycled between the anoxygenic...Ch. 30.2 - Prob. 1.1CCCh. 30.2 - Prob. 1.2CCCh. 30.2 - How do heterotrophic microbes contribute to the...Ch. 30.2 - Prob. 3MI
Ch. 30.2 - What is marine snow? Why is it important in CO2...Ch. 30.2 - Prob. 2.2CCCh. 30.2 - Prob. 2.3CCCh. 30.2 - Prob. 2.4CCCh. 30.2 - Prob. 2.5CCCh. 30.2 - Explain what is meant by upside-down microbial...Ch. 30.2 - Prob. 2.7CCCh. 30.3 - Figure 30.15 Nutrient Cycling in Antarctic Lakes...Ch. 30.3 - How does the contribution of benthic autotrophs...Ch. 30.3 - Why does water turbulence play only a minor role...Ch. 30.3 - Why is mixotrophy suited for survival in Antarctic...Ch. 30.3 - What is an oxygen sag curve? What changes in a...Ch. 30.3 - What are point and nonpoint source pollution? Can...Ch. 30.3 - Prob. 4CCCh. 30.3 - Prob. 5CCCh. 30.3 - Why do cyanobacteria often dominate waters that...Ch. 30 - Prob. 1RCCh. 30 - Prob. 2RCCh. 30 - Prob. 3RCCh. 30 - Prob. 4RCCh. 30 - Prob. 5RCCh. 30 - Prob. 6RCCh. 30 - Prob. 7RCCh. 30 - Prob. 8RCCh. 30 - The unicellular cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus sp....Ch. 30 - Prob. 2ALCh. 30 - It is well known that bacterivory (the consumption...Ch. 30 - Prob. 4AL
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