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T he Microbial World and You
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Chemical Principles
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Observing Microorganisms Through a Microscope
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Functional Anatomy of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells
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Microbial Metabolism 111
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Microbial Growth 153
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The Control of Microbial
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Microbial Genetics
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Biotechnology and DNA Technology
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Classification of Microorganisms
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The Prokaryotes: Domains Bacteria and Archaea
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The Eukaryotes: Fungi, and Helminths
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Viruses, Viroids, and Prions
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Principles of Disease and Epidemiology
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Microbial Mechanisms of Pathogenicity
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Innate Immunity: of the Host
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Adaptive Immunity: the Host
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Practical Applications of Immunology
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Disorders Associated with the Immune System
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Antimicrobial Drugs
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Microbial Diseases of the Skin and Eyes
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Microbial Diseases of the Nervous System
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Microbial Diseases of Lymphatic Systems
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Microbial Diseases of the Respiratory System
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Microbial Diseases of the Digestive System
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Microbial Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive
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Environmental Microbiology
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Applied and Industrial Microbiology
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Chapter 2 Problem 5
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You can smell sulfur when boiling eggs. What amino acids do you expect in the egg?
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Microbiology: An Introduction 11
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Gerard J. Tortora
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9780321733603
You can smell sulfur when boiling eggs. What amino acids
Chapter 2 textbook questions
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Chapter 2: Problem 2 Microbiology: An Introduction 11
List several properties of water that are important to living systems
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Chapter 2: Problem 2 Microbiology: An Introduction 11
Distinguish organic and inorganic compounds
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At what pH are the concentrations of H+ and OH- equal?
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What is the dierence between a polymer and a monomer?
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How do saturated and unsaturated fatty acids dier?
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Where are phospholipids found in cells?
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Chapter 2: Problem 2 Microbiology: An Introduction 11
What distinguishes one amino acid from another?
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which isomer is always found in proteins ?
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how are amino acids related to proteins ?
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What property of a protein enables it to carry out specic functions?
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How are DNA and RNA similar in structure?
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How is ATP similar to a nucleotide in RNA? In DNA?
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Chapter 2: Problem 10 Microbiology: An Introduction 11
NAME IT What type of microorganism has a chitin cell wall, has DNA that is contained in a nucleus, and has ergosterol in its plasma membrane
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Chapter 2: Problem 6 Microbiology: An Introduction 11
Which of the following is an organic molecule?a. H2O (water)b. O2 (oxygen)c. C18H29SO3 (Styrofoam)d. FeO (iron oxide)e. F2C CF2 (Teflon)
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Chapter 2: Problem 8 Microbiology: An Introduction 11
H2SO4S2H++ SO24- a. acidb. basec. salt
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Chapter 2: Problem 1 Microbiology: An Introduction 11
Ralstonia bacteria make poly-_-hydroxybutyrate (PHB), which is used to make a biodegradable plastic. PHB consists of many of the monomers shown below. What type of molecule is PHB? What is the most likely reason a cell would store this molecule?
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Chapter 2: Problem 2 Microbiology: An Introduction 11
iobacillus ferrooxidans was responsible for destroying buildings in the Midwest by causing changes in the earth. e original rock, which contained lime (CaCO3) and pyrite (FeS2), expanded as bacterial metabolism caused gypsum (CaSO4) crystals to form. How did T. ferrooxidans bring about the change from lime to gypsum?
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Chapter 2: Problem 3 Microbiology: An Introduction 11
Newborn babies are tested for phenylketonuria (PKU), an inherited disease. Individuals with this disease are missing an enzyme to convert phenylalanine (phe) to tyrosine; the resulting accumulation of phe can cause mental retardation, brain damage, and seizures. e Guthrie test for PKU involves culturing Bacillus subtilis, which requires phe to grow. e bacteria are grown on media with a drop of the babys blood.a. What type of chemical is phenylalanine?b. What does "no growth" in the Guthrie test mean?c. Why must individuals with PKU avoid the sweetener aspartame?
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Chapter 2: Problem 4 Microbiology: An Introduction 11
e antibiotic amphotericin B causes leaks in cells by combining with sterols in the plasma membrane. Would you expect to use amphotericin B against a bacterial infection? A fungal infection? Oer a reason why amphotericin B has severe side eects in humans.
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Chapter 2: Problem 5 Microbiology: An Introduction 11
You can smell sulfur when boiling eggs. What amino acids do you expect in the egg?
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