Why could GMOs have a different impact on the environment from genetically engineered bacteria used to make pharmaceuticals?
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Is determining the modality (competitive, uncompetitive, noncompetitive) of an inhibitory compound important? If so, why? Under what conditions ([S] vs. KM) is a competitive inhibitor the most effective? Under what conditions is an uncompetitive inhibitor the most effective?
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Make a detailed comparison of DNA vs RNA, providing at least FOUR distinguishing characteristics.
Make a comprehensive comparison of aerobid respiration with fermentation, providing at least FIVE features that distinguish these process. Why are microbial fermentations important?
Describe at least FOUR physical or chemical factors used in the control of microbial growth, the way by which they kill microbes, and provide at least one example of the use of each.
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Please answer all questions
Which of the following would be appropriate to use as an antiseptic?
A. Ethanol
B. Ultraviolet light
C. Bleach
D. Phenol
If a piece of heat-sensitive medical equipment must be sterile to be used, which of the following methods would be the best method to achieve this?
Autoclaving
Ionizing radiation
Ultraviolet light
Bleach
An antimicrobial substance that works by disrupting the plasma membrane would be ineffective in treating infections caused by:
Enveloped animal viruses
Prions
Yeast
Gram-positive bacteria
What is the primary mechanism by which ionizing radiation kills microorganisms?
Disruption of the plasma membrane
Damage to genetic material
Inhibition of cellular respiration
Denaturing proteins
A food scientist is trying to calculate how long bagged salad should be exposed to ionizing radiation to reduce the microbial population to 10 or fewer cells. Based on population estimates, the average bag of salad has 10,000,000,000 (ten billion) bacterial cells before treatment. The scientist knows that exposure to ionizing radiation kills 99.9% of the cells in 5 seconds. What is the minimum amount of time the scientist expose each bag of salad to radiation to be sure that there are 10 or fewer living cells in the package?
10 seconds
15 seconds
5 seconds
20 seconds
Based on the cellular structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which of the following disinfectants would be best to use to prevent its growth?
Group of answer choices
Benzalkonium chloride
Phenol
Iodine
Silver nitrate
Which of the following methods of controlling microbial growth is bacteriostatic?
Oligodynamic action
Alcohol
Boiling
Refrigeration
Select all that apply!
Which of the methods of microbial control listed below are biocidal?
Phenol
Ethanol
Hydrogen peroxide
Filtration
Ultraviolet light
Desiccation
Several media types contain heat-sensitive ingredients, including the urease broth used to determine if an organism can digest urea. To use urease media, it must be sterile before inoculation. What is the best way to create sterile urease broth?
Filter the media
Include antibiotics in the media
Autoclave the media
Add formaldehyde to the broth
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Fully explain how the crop maiz was genetically engineerred to have Bt insect resistance
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Label them 25,26,27,28,29
25) Use this volume of 0.1 M NaCl stock solution to make 20 mls of 1 mM final concentration
26) Use this volume of 10 mM NaCl stock solution to make 1 L of 5 mM final concentration
27) Use this volume of 5 M NaCl stock solution to make 100 mls of 0.35 M final concentration
28) Use this volume of 5 M NaCl stock solution to make 100 mls of 1% final concentration
29) Use this volume of 5 mM NaCl stock solution to make 10 mls of 1 mM final concentration
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Discuss the relationship between Homo sapiens, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo floresiensis and Denisovan hominid.
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Give examples of chemical methods of disinfection and the advantages and disadvantages of each example, include alcohols, Halogens, phenol and phenolics, biguanides, bisphenols and heavy metals.
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A) In duplicate recessive epistasis why does having either an (aa) or (bb) genotype cause no pigment?
B) Explain the differences between Duplicate Dominant epistatis and Dominant epistatis. When doing monohybrid crosses, how do their phenotypic ratios differ in the F2 from traditional Mendelian ratios for dominant alleles?
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A sequence of a following DNA template strand 5' - GTAACGGGCACGTCC - 3' was transcribed to an mRNA that was then translated to a protein. What would be the first amino acid in the polypeptide? Assume that no start codon is needed
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You are a researcher who is interested in three genes in drosophila: The a gene, the b gene and the c gene. You think the genes may be linked, so you decide to do a cross using a true-breeding a+/b+/c+ fly and an a/b/c fly. The F1 generation is all a+/b+/c+. However, when the F1 generation is bred to a true-breeding a/b/c fly, it yields the following offspring phenotypes: 589 a+/b+/c+ ; 603 a/b/c ; 183 a+/b/c ; 176 a/b+/c+ ; 92 a/b+/c ; 95 a+/b/c+ ; 4 a+/b+/c ; 6 a/b/c+. Is this the expected ratio for unlinked genes (hint: the critical chi-squared value is 7.815)?
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what are the genes and genetic controls governing the Entner Doudoroff pathway? Explain in great detail
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Identify some possible effects of the following factors on microbial growth: pH, osmotic pressure, chemical requirements such as carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, oxygen
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Hi
Could anyone please explain to me the principle behind the RNA isolation experiment.
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