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What are the two types of slime molds and how does they differ (life cycle)? What unique structural feature do Apicomplexans have?
Describe the Standard Precaution and the Transmission-Based Precautions apply in healthcare facilites in controlling spread of diseases.
Which of these applied Microbiology fields is of interest to you and has the potential for further development in your opinion?
How do researchers use these enzymes? Why do we need to heat the digests up to 65oC prior to setting up the ligation?
Describe the type of evaluation and plan for assessing the success of the implementation of the proposed strategy (Mentioned Above) and thoroughly explain
Describe two of the antimicrobial substances that we possess. Describe two ways in which our normal microbiota protects us against pathogens.
Which cells in a human does the Dengue virus infect? Why virus need to replicate its strand of nucleic acid before it can make multiple copies of its genome?
What qualities did the person or people have? Which of those qualities do you hope to embody as you become the person patients count on?
In a gel electrophoresis only one band was present at the 200bp mark. What are possible errors to explain why the second band wasn't present in the gel?
You diluted your culture 1/20 and plated 0.2ml. After incubation you had 25 colonies on the plate. What will be the original concentration of culture?
How can M. tuberculosis be identified to the species level? List the organisms present in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.
The concentration of your overnight E.coli culture happens to be 2.0*10^7 cfu/ml. What will be the new concentration of your culture?
How are copies of the viral genome being made? Explain why you think that. How are viral proteins being produced? Explain why you think that.
What is the function of mobile DNA? What are LINES and SINES? What are the differences and similarities between LINES and SINES?
In what direction does a DNA chain grow during replication? What is a phosphodiester bond and how is it formed? What is semiconservative replication?
What is the function of a replication origin? What is the function of a centromere? What is the function of a telomere? Why are histones positively charged?
Name bacteria that can perform aerobic respiration and anaerobic respiration. When would you perform each process? How is ATP generated in each mechanism?
Describes how modifications to gene expression can result in different characteristics. Describes a difference between changes made to regulate gene expression.
Discuss the application of the techniques either in diagnosis, treatment or prevention of infectious disease.
Describe some first-line defenses that were likely overcome by the pathogen to successfully invade Jackson's body.
Based on what you have learned about the immune system in this module, explain what type of immune response this pathogen would elicit in your body.
How have MAGS and the isolation of new cultures affected the view of microbiologists about whether there are three domains of life and origins of eukaryotes?
When should the precaution be implemented? What type of PPE should be used by a health care worker providing care to the patient?
What genotypes and phenotypes would you expect in the F1 offspring? What genotypes and phenotypes (and their ratios) would you expect in the F2 offspring?
List and describe the five steps of pathogenesis. Describe two ways bacterial pathogens can initiate endocytosis into a nonphagocytic host cell.