Foundations in Microbiology
9th Edition
ISBN: 9780073522609
Author: Kathleen Park Talaro, Barry Chess Instructor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 7.L1, Problem 1MCQ
1. An organic nutrient essential to an organism’s
a. trace element
b. micronutrient
c. growth factor
d. mineral
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Ch. 7.1 - 1. Describe the major environmental factors to...Ch. 7.1 - 2. Define nutrition and nutrients and their...Ch. 7.1 - 3. Differentiate between organic and inorganic...Ch. 7.1 - Prob. 4ELOCh. 7.1 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 7.1 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 7.1 - 3. List the general functions of the essential...Ch. 7.1 - 4. Define growth factors and metallic ions with...Ch. 7.2 - 5. Describe the main categories of nutritional...Ch. 7.2 - 6. Distinguish different types of autotrophs and...
Ch. 7.2 - Prob. 7ELOCh. 7.2 - 5. Compare autotrophs and heterotrophs with...Ch. 7.2 - 6. Describe the nutritional strategy of two types...Ch. 7.2 - Prob. 7CYPCh. 7.2 - Prob. 8CYPCh. 7.3 - 8. Describe the basic factors in diffusion and...Ch. 7.3 - Prob. 9ELOCh. 7.3 - 10. Analyze adaptations microbes make in response...Ch. 7.3 - Prob. 11ELOCh. 7.3 - 9. Compare and contrast passive and active forms...Ch. 7.3 - Prob. 10CYPCh. 7.3 - 11. Explain the differences between facilitated...Ch. 7.3 - 12. Compare the effects of isotonic, hypotonic,...Ch. 7.4 - 12. Differentiate between habitat and niche.Ch. 7.4 - 13. Describe the range of temperatures a microbe...Ch. 7.4 - Prob. 14ELOCh. 7.4 - Prob. 15ELOCh. 7.4 - Prob. 16ELOCh. 7.4 - Prob. 17ELOCh. 7.4 - Prob. 13CYPCh. 7.4 - Prob. 14CYPCh. 7.4 - 15. Explain what it means to be an obligate...Ch. 7.4 - 16. Where in the body are anaerobic habitats apt...Ch. 7.4 - Prob. 17CYPCh. 7.5 - 18. Outline the types of associations among...Ch. 7.5 - Prob. 19ELOCh. 7.5 - Prob. 20ELOCh. 7.5 - Prob. 21ELOCh. 7.5 - Prob. 22ELOCh. 7.5 - Prob. 18CYPCh. 7.5 - Prob. 19CYPCh. 7.5 - Prob. 20CYPCh. 7.5 - 21. Relate several advantages to communication...Ch. 7.6 - Prob. 23ELOCh. 7.6 - 24. Describe the process of population growth and...Ch. 7.6 - 25. Explain the stages in the population growth...Ch. 7.6 - Prob. 26ELOCh. 7.6 - 22. What is microbial growth? Explain the stages...Ch. 7.6 - 23. Why is growth called exponential? What causes...Ch. 7.6 - 24. Contrast two different methods of detecting...Ch. 7.6 - 25. Explain the relationship between colony counts...Ch. 7.L1 - 1. An organic nutrient essential to an...Ch. 7.L1 - Prob. 2MCQCh. 7.L1 - 3. An organism that can synthesize all its...Ch. 7.L1 - Prob. 4MCQCh. 7.L1 - Prob. 5MCQCh. 7.L1 - 6. Which of the following substances are required...Ch. 7.L1 - 7. A pathogen would most accurately be described...Ch. 7.L1 - Prob. 8MCQCh. 7.L1 - Prob. 9MCQCh. 7.L1 - Prob. 10MCQCh. 7.L1 - Prob. 11MCQCh. 7.L1 - 12. Which of the following is not involved in...Ch. 7.L1 - 13. Superoxide ion is toxic to strict anaerobes...Ch. 7.L1 - Prob. 14MCQCh. 7.L1 - 15. In a viable plate count, each ____ represents...Ch. 7.L1 - 16. The stage in population growth with the...Ch. 7.L1 - Prob. 1CSRCh. 7.L1 - Prob. 2CSRCh. 7.L1 - Prob. 3CSRCh. 7.L1 - Prob. 1WCCh. 7.L1 - Prob. 2WCCh. 7.L1 - Prob. 3WCCh. 7.L1 - Prob. 4WCCh. 7.L1 - 5. a. What biochemical events in quorum sensing...Ch. 7.L1 - 6. Explain what is happening to the population at...Ch. 7.L1 - Prob. 7WCCh. 7.L2 - 1. a. Is there a microbe that could grow on a...Ch. 7.L2 - 2. Describe how one might determine the nutrient...Ch. 7.L2 - 3. Patients with ketoacidosis associated with...Ch. 7.L2 - Prob. 4CTCh. 7.L2 - 5. Provide some suggestions for treating anaerobic...Ch. 7.L2 - Prob. 6CTCh. 7.L2 - Prob. 7CTCh. 7.L2 - Prob. 8CTCh. 7.L2 - 9. Describe the similarities and differences...Ch. 7.L2 - 1. Place appropriate points on the axes and draw...Ch. 7.L2 - Prob. 2VC
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