Brock Biology of Microorganisms (14th Edition)
14th Edition
ISBN: 9780321897398
Author: Michael T. Madigan, John M. Martinko, Kelly S. Bender, Daniel H. Buckley, David A. Stahl, Thomas Brock
Publisher: PEARSON
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- What is meant by the term plating efficiency?
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Brock Biology of Microorganisms (14th Edition)
Ch. 8.1 - How does a virus differ from a cell?Ch. 8.1 - Why does a virus need a host cell?Ch. 8.1 - Compared with cells, what is unusual about viral...Ch. 8.2 - Distinguish between a capsid and a capsomere. What...Ch. 8.2 - What is the difference between a naked virus and...Ch. 8.2 - What kinds of enzymes can be found within the...Ch. 8.3 - What is packaged into capsids during maturation?Ch. 8.3 - Explain the term burst size.Ch. 8.3 - Prob. 3MQCh. 8.4 - What is meant by a viral titer?
Ch. 8.4 - What is a plaque-forming unit?Ch. 8.4 - What is meant by the term plating efficiency?Ch. 8.5 - How does attachment contribute to virushost...Ch. 8.5 - Prob. 2MQCh. 8.5 - What part of phage T4 enters the host cytoplasm?
Ch. 8.6 - Prob. 1MQCh. 8.6 - Prob. 2MQCh. 8.6 - Prob. 3MQCh. 8.7 - Give one example each of T4 early, middle, and...Ch. 8.7 - Prob. 2MQCh. 8.7 - What is required to package the T4 genome into its...Ch. 8.8 - What is a lysogen and what is a prophage?Ch. 8.8 - How does DNA replication in lambda differ from...Ch. 8.8 - What commits lambda to the lytic versus the...Ch. 8.9 - Prob. 1MQCh. 8.9 - Prob. 2MQCh. 8.9 - Prob. 3MQCh. 8.10 - Prob. 1MQCh. 8.10 - Prob. 2MQCh. 8.10 - Prob. 3MQCh. 8.11 - What type of bacteriophages are most common in the...Ch. 8.11 - Prob. 2MQCh. 8.11 - Prob. 3MQCh. 8 - Prob. 1RQCh. 8 - Prob. 2RQCh. 8 - Prob. 3RQCh. 8 - Why does a one-step growth curve differ in shape...Ch. 8 - Describe the events that occur on an agar plate...Ch. 8 - Prob. 6RQCh. 8 - What is required for a bacteriophage T4 virion to...Ch. 8 - Prob. 8RQCh. 8 - Prob. 9RQCh. 8 - Bacteriophage T4 lacks its own RNA polymerase. How...Ch. 8 - Prob. 11RQCh. 8 - Prob. 12RQCh. 8 - Prob. 13RQCh. 8 - Prob. 14RQCh. 8 - Why can it be said that the retrovirus genome is...Ch. 8 - Prob. 16RQCh. 8 - Prob. 17RQCh. 8 - What causes the viral plaques that appear on a...Ch. 8 - The promoters on genes encoding early proteins in...Ch. 8 - Under some conditions, it is possible to obtain...Ch. 8 - Prob. 4AQ
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