Microbiology: A Systems Approach

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ISBN: 9780073402437

Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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Differentiate among the terms nomenclature, taxonomy, and classification.

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Microbiology: A Systems Approach

Ch. 1.1 - List the various types of microorganisms.Ch. 1.1 - Identify multiple professions using microbiology.Ch. 1.2 - Describe the role and impact of microbes on the...Ch. 1.2 - Explain the theory of evolution and why it is...Ch. 1.3 - Explain one old way and one new way that humans...Ch. 1.4 - Summarize the relative burden of human disease...Ch. 1.5 - Differentiate among bacteria, archaea, and...Ch. 1.5 - Identify a fourth type of microorganism.Ch. 1.5 - Compare and contrast the relative sizes of the...Ch. 1.6 - Make a time line of the development of...

Ch. 1.6 - Prob. 2CF Ch. 1.6 - List some recent microbiological discoveries of...Ch. 1.6 - Explain what is important about the scientific...Ch. 1.7 - Differentiate among the terms nomenclature,...Ch. 1.7 - Create a mnemonic device for remembering the...Ch. 1.7 - Correctly write the binomial name for a...Ch. 1.7 - Draw a diagram of the three major domains.Ch. 1.7 - Explain the difference between traditional and...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1CF Ch. 1 - Which of the following is not considered a...Ch. 1 - Which process involves the deliberate alteration...Ch. 1 - Prob. 3MCQ Ch. 1 - Prob. 4MCQ Ch. 1 - Prob. 5MCQ Ch. 1 - Prob. 6MCQ Ch. 1 - Which is the correct order of the taxonomic...Ch. 1 - Prob. 8MCQ Ch. 1 - Order the following items by size, using numbers:...Ch. 1 - How would you classify a virus? a. prokaryotic b....Ch. 1 - Organisms in the same order are more closely...Ch. 1 - Prob. 12TF Ch. 1 - Prob. 13TF Ch. 1 - Prob. 14TF Ch. 1 - Prob. 15TF Ch. 1 - Prob. 1CTQ Ch. 1 - Define the term ubiquitous, and provide examples...Ch. 1 - Prob. 3CTQ Ch. 1 - Prob. 4CTQ Ch. 1 - Prob. 5CTQ Ch. 1 - Prob. 6CTQ Ch. 1 - Differentiate the terms emerging disease and...Ch. 1 - Discuss how the findings of Louis Pasteur may have...Ch. 1 - Prob. 9CTQ Ch. 1 - You are a scientist researching West Nile virus, a...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1CC Ch. 1 - Prob. 2CC Ch. 1 - Prob. 3CC Ch. 1 - Prob. 1VC Ch. 1 - Prob. 1CM

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