684 Answered Questions for the topic microbiology
Microbiology Micobiology
03/14/19
Who is the father of microbiolgy?
Microbiology
03/14/19
What is microbiology?
03/14/19
Are single-celled organisms capable of learning?
I've read that the amoeba is capable of learning. Since these protists have no nervous system, it's safe to assume that even highly simplified learning mechanisms of the Aplysia are miles off in...
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Microbiology Bacteriology
03/14/19
Is there an equivalent to "Fields Virology" for Bacteria?
I've gotten a staggering amount of use out of my copy of Fields Virology as a general reference for "getting me up to speed" on whatever pathogen I'm currently looking at. I don't know of a similar...
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03/09/19
In what way(s) is artificial selection different from natural selection?
a. with artificial selection there does not need to be heritable variation but with natural selection there does need to be heritable variationb. with artificial selection humans are the selective...
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Microbiology Physiology
03/04/19
action potential
“Therefore, if an action potential happens in a motor neuron, it is always followed by an action potential in the muscle cells it communicates nerve energy to.” Is there any time that this...
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What type of movement is happening across this membrane?
In the image, the dashed line represents a membrane separating two solutions that is selectively permeable to solutes. The solution on the left is Solution A (50 mg/mL). The solution on the right...
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Is this an example of osmosis?
In the image, the dashed line represents a membrane separating two solutions that is selectively permeable to solutes. The solution on the left is Solution A (50 mg/mL). The solution on the right...
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Is this an example of osmosis?
In the image, the dashed line represents a membrane separating 2 solutions that is selectively permeable to solutes. The solution on the left is Solution A (50 mg/ml). The solution on the right is...
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Microbiology Science
02/21/19
Which statement BEST explains the results of this investigation?
Students were investigating the effect of antibiotics on bacteria. The students exposed a colony of bacteria to an antibiotic and 10% of the bacteria survived. Over time, the surviving bacteria...
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Protein with 2 signals to the mitochondria and ER. Who would win?
Imagine that you have engineered a gene that encodes a protein with two conflicting signals. One signal is for protein import into the mitochondria and one signal is for import into the endoplasmic...
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Microbiology Biology
01/22/19
If you had a protein that developed a mutation that changed its TEMPLATE
strand from 5’AGT 3’ to 5’ATT3’, what amino acid would you expect in the normal protein, and what would you find in the mutant?
What would happen to the glomerular capillary pressure and filtration rate?
What would happen to the glomerular capillary pressure and filtration rate if you increase the diameter of the afferent arteriole?If, experimentally, the solute concentration of the medullary...
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12/10/18
Why do following antibiotics inhibit the bacterial growth of Rhodospirillium Rubrum?
Ampicillin and penicillin weakly inhibit bacterial growth of R. rubrum, and neomycin and chloramphenicol strongly inhibit growth. Why?
Microbiology
11/15/18
If you transfer a large inoculum to the Simmons citrate agar slant, this may result in a false positive because:
a.Bacteria cannot utilize citrate may still grow on the slantb.The citrate slant might be too liquidc.Bacteria utilize citrate may still grow on the slantd.None of the above
concentration solution
You have 330ul of stock at a concentration of 10mg/ul. How do you make 500ml of 10ng/ml out of the stock solution? My answer is 5x10 to power of -8ml added to the needed amount of ml of water. Is...
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Microbiology
10/27/18
Whats a gram stain
Microbiology Dillution
06/25/18
You are given a drug that is at a concentration of 50mg/mL and asked to dilute it by a factor of 10 with sterile water
You are given a drug that is at a concentration of 50mg/mL and asked to dilute it by a factor of 10 with sterile water. How many mLs of drug and how many mLs of sterile water will you need and what...
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what is the name of the mechanism by which plasmid is replicated
Microbial Genetics.
Microbiology
04/24/18
How do memory T-cells prevent illness with subsequent pathogen exposure?
How do memory T-cells prevent illness with subsequent pathogen exposure? Please help with this question.
What grows on an alkaline peptone broth apart from Vibrio?
I have done an experiment where growth on an alkaline peptone was monitored and then we innoculated a TCBS media, however no growth occured on the TCBS media so i was wondering what else could...
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04/13/18
How could SDS Page and immunoblot be used to determine whether a viral protein was a glycoportein?
How could SDS Page and immunoblot be used to determine whether a viral protein was a glycoportein?
Can u please explain how it works?
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