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Q: Who invented penicillin?

A: Penicillin is a group of antibiotics, derived originally from common molds known as Penicillum…

Q: Name two or more situations where Koch’s postulates are impossible to complete? In other words, what…

A: Robert Koch defined four criteria for identifying the causative agent of a specific disease, which…

Q: How was the process of bacterial transformation discovered?

A: The reception of bare DNA fragments from the external environment and the manifestation of that…

Q: Why was edward Jenner’s discovery of a way to vaccinate for smallpox valuable

A: Smallpox It is a viral born disease caused by variola virus that belong to family of poxvirus…

Q: What evidence supports the endosymbiotic theory?

A: The endosymbiotic theory or symbiogenesis is defined as an evolutionary theory that explains the…

Q: What were some of the conclusions of the Griffith experiment on streptococcus pneumonia?  Why was…

A: Griffith's experiment, published in 1928 by Frederick Griffith, was the first to propose that…

Q: How did Jenner, Pasteur, von Behring, Kitasato, and Metchnikoff contribute to the development of…

A: Immunology is the study of the immune system, its functions, structures involved in the immune…

Q: This is a figure from a recent paper comparing different bacterial pathogen strains. What is being…

A: Pathogens are microbes that cause disease in host.

Q: What was one benefit of the vaccine produced by the command economy?

A: Command economy is also called as a planned economy, where the government controls all the economic…

Q: Who discovered the plasmids?

A: Plasmid is an extrachromosomal small DNA molecule present in a cell. Plasmid exists separately from…

Q: The Golden Age of Microbiology was the time whena) microorganisms were first used to make bread.b)…

A: Microbiology can be defined as the study of microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, viruses,…

Q: Who were Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur?

A: Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch was born on December 11, 1843. He was a German physician and…

Q: How was Escherichia coli modified to produce indigo?

A: Indigo is a dye used mainly for coloring textiles and is derived from plant materials. With the…

Q: Why are Koch’s postulates important?

A: Robert Koch, a German bacteriologist in 1890 gave four postulates to judge whether a given bacteria…

Q: what reasons do they provide to support their thesis?

A: The theory by Faden and Beauchamp links to the bioethical or medical ethics  idea of informed…

Q: Who proposed Endosymbiotic theory?

A: The cells are the basic building blocks of the living system. It consists of many internal…

Q: What was Leeuwenhoek’s contribution to microbiology?

A: Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek is widely regarded and acknowledged as the father of Microbiology .

Q: How might the work of Winogradsky and Beijerinck have contributed to research on bacterial…

A: Winogradsky was primarily interested in soil bacteria involved in nutrient cycling, specifically…

Q: Was LUCA likely an RNA-based or DNA-based organism? Why?

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Q: What was one benefit of the vaccine produced by the mixed economy?

A: A vaccine is a component utilized to promote antibody binding and providing protection against…

Q: What are some enviromental factors that would have contributed to the large amount of bacteria on my…

A: Bacteria are prokaryotes and fall under kingdom-Monera. Bacteria are cosmopolitan and thus, are…

Q: Bartonella Henselae is a pathogenic bacteria?

A: Bacteria are microscopic organisms which belong to prokaryote because these are unicellular…

Q: what do bobtail squids and bacteria have in common? How can this knowledge be applied to the medical…

A: In the living world, we see a large number of microorganisms, animals and plants. These organisms…

Q: What does Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology mention about the Genus Escherichia?

A: Bergey's Manual is a book that helps you learn about bacteria and tells you how to identify and…

Q: Medical microbiology laboratories are using molecular methods more and more to facilitate pathogen…

A: Molecular methods are associated with increased sensitivity and yields rapid results.  Hence…

Q: How was Escherichia coli modified to produce a photograph?

A: Bacteria are a group of prokaryotic microscopic single celled organisms. They live in diverse…

Q: What else was unexpected in Griffith's experiment? a. )Griffith recovered infectios S train…

A: Transformation and Griffith transforming principle -- In modern science DNA's role in heredity…

Q: discovering of Tuberculosis

A: For his research on tuberculosis,  Koch Robert received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in…

Q: what is Bacteriostasis

A: Bacteriostatic is a biological or chemical agent that stops bacteria from reproducing, while not…

Q: Which key factor, during Robert Koch’s research, played a major role in the development of his four…

A: Introduction: The individual R.K provided many remarkable contributions to the microbiology field.…

Q: How did Griffith determine which strain caused disease?

A: Frederick Griffith was a bacteriologist who mainly focussed on epidemiology and pathology.He…

Q: What are two ways that some prokaryotes are able to survive in extreme environments?

A: Prokaryotes are the primitive single celled organisms that appear first on the earth surface. All…

Q: Why is the term prokaryote considered an inadequate descriptor by some microbiologists?

A: Prokaryotes are organisms that lack nucleus and other internal organelles due to the absence of…

Q: What was the research? What was it meant to find out? Who was involved? In the Tuskegee Syphilis…

A: The research was conducted from 1932 to 1972  . It was initiated by United States public Health and…

Q: Discuss how antibiotics were developed.

A: Antibiotics literally mean "against life," which in this context refers to microbes. Antibiotics are…

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