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Brock Biology Of Microorganisms - Package
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ISBN: 9780134462660
Author: MADIGAN
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 31.1, Problem 2MQ
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Water that is supplied for domestic and industrial purposes is sometimes contaminated with some of the persistent species of microbes that cannot be eliminated by regular water treatment methods. The micro-organisms that are transmitted from contaminated water are called water-borne diseases. Some examples of water-borne diseases are cholera, typhoid, gastrointestinal infections and so on.
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Chapter 31 Solutions
Brock Biology Of Microorganisms - Package
Ch. 31.1 - What is potable water?Ch. 31.1 - Prob. 2MQCh. 31.2 - Why is Escherichia coli used as an indicator...Ch. 31.2 - What procedures are used to ensure the safety of...Ch. 31.3 - What organism causes cholera, and what are the...Ch. 31.3 - Prob. 2MQCh. 31.4 - How is legionellosis transmitted?Ch. 31.4 - Identify specific measures for control of...Ch. 31.5 - Contrast the causative agents of typhoid and noro...Ch. 31.5 - Prob. 2MQ
Ch. 31.6 - List the major food groups as categorized by their...Ch. 31.6 - Identify physical and chemical methods used for...Ch. 31.6 - List some dairy, meat, beverage, and vegetable...Ch. 31.7 - Prob. 1MQCh. 31.7 - Describe microbial sampling procedures for solid...Ch. 31.7 - Prob. 3MQCh. 31.8 - Identify the symptoms and mechanism of...Ch. 31.8 - Prob. 2MQCh. 31.9 - Prob. 1MQCh. 31.9 - Prob. 2MQCh. 31.10 - Describe salmonellosis food infection. How does a...Ch. 31.10 - Prob. 2MQCh. 31.11 - How do STEC strains of Escherichia coli differ...Ch. 31.11 - Why are meats prime vehicles for pathogenic E....Ch. 31.12 - Describe the pathology of Campylobacter food...Ch. 31.12 - Prob. 2MQCh. 31.13 - Prob. 1MQCh. 31.13 - Prob. 2MQCh. 31.14 - In what two forms can Bacillus cereus food...Ch. 31.14 - Compared with all other foodborne or waterborne...Ch. 31 - Prob. 1RQCh. 31 - Prob. 2RQCh. 31 - Why are antibiotics ineffective for the treatment...Ch. 31 - Prob. 4RQCh. 31 - Prob. 5RQCh. 31 - Prob. 6RQCh. 31 - REVIEW QUESTIONS
7. Identify the major methods...Ch. 31 - Prob. 8RQCh. 31 - Prob. 9RQCh. 31 - Prob. 10RQCh. 31 - Prob. 11RQCh. 31 - Prob. 12RQCh. 31 - Prob. 13RQCh. 31 - Prob. 14RQCh. 31 - Prob. 15RQCh. 31 - Prob. 16RQCh. 31 - As a visitor to a country in which cholera is an...Ch. 31 - Prob. 2AQCh. 31 - Prob. 3AQ
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