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Question: Describe the key experiments of scientist who disproved spontaneous generation
Problem: What are the 6 general bacterial targets for antibiotics? Why are we able to target these with selective toxicity?
Problem: Compare and contrast sterilization, aseptic technique, and commercial sterilization.
What is the concentration of RBCs in Patient X (in RBCs/L)? Please give your answers to 2 decimal places using the exponential format
What is a correct terminology for a typical human microbe that lives on the skin for oxygen requirement, pH, temperature, and salt tolerance?
Problem: What is chlamydia caused by? Problem: What is chlamydia caused by?
Problem: What is the function of the mineral oils in a API-20E test strip?
Problem: Describe the basic steps of biofilm formation and discuss the roles of biofilms in human disease.
Describe how Griffith was able to determine that bacteria were able to absorb DNA from the environment.
Compare and contrast the chromosomes of bacteria and eukaryotes in your own words.
List three characteristics that define life. What is the main argument Lee Cronin is making in this Talk? What is his evidence?
Problem: Provide conclusion about coagulase testing
What is phototrophy? What is bacteriorhodopsin? How does a certain species of archaea use this to obtain energy via phototrophy?
Assignment task: Article: Salmonella persisters undermine host immune defenses during antibiotic treatment.
A 15-year-old male with: 1) a past medical history significant for congenital heart defect, 2) multiple valve replacements, 3) chronic kidney disease,
How does the infectious agent move among people and how sick do people get once they are infected? In your post, discuss:
What is CRISPR-Cas9? How can this technology be used? What are the concerns over safety as the tech develops?
Problem: Humans have been making yogurt for thousands of years and beer for several hundred years
What is your reasoning behind the fact that the overall ATP yield in aerobic respiration is only a theoretical number? Explain in one paragraph.
Estimate the relative percentage of white cells which are neutrophils and the relative percentage of white cells which are lymphocytes
Problem: Is tobacco Dangerous for children?
What would be another way to prevent these perinatal (happening around the time of birth) cases of Hepatitis B Virus infection in babies?
1. Identify ten variables that may affect aerobic fermentation in yeast. Record the variables in Table 5.
Scientists once hoped that Koch's postulates would help find the cause of all human diseases. However, their hopes proved unfounded.
A gram stain was reported showing gram positive cocci in clusters. What routine culture media would you expect growth on?