EBK BROCK BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS
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ISBN: 8220103633352
Author: Stahl
Publisher: PEARSON
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Oomycetes belong to the group Stramenopiles. These organisms are also called “water molds”. The oomycetes are eukaryotic organisms and are the inhabitants of both terrestrial and aquatic environment. The members of oomycetes are microscopic and filamentous and they show absorptive mode of nutrition. In them, the reproduction takes place via both asexual and sexual means.
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EBK BROCK BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS
Ch. 18.1 - Prob. 1MQCh. 18.1 - Prob. 2MQCh. 18.1 - Prob. 3MQCh. 18.1 - Prob. 1CRCh. 18.2 - Prob. 1MQCh. 18.2 - Prob. 2MQCh. 18.2 - Prob. 3MQCh. 18.2 - Ribosomal RNA gene sequences do not yield as...Ch. 18.3 - Contrast the two nutritional options for Euglena.Ch. 18.3 - Prob. 2MQ
Ch. 18.3 - Prob. 3MQCh. 18.3 - Prob. 1CRCh. 18.4 - Prob. 1MQCh. 18.4 - Prob. 2MQCh. 18.4 - What are apicoplasts, which organisms have them,...Ch. 18.4 - Three groups make up the alveolates: ciliates,...Ch. 18.5 - Prob. 1MQCh. 18.5 - Prob. 2MQCh. 18.5 - Prob. 3MQCh. 18.5 - Prob. 1CRCh. 18.6 - Prob. 1MQCh. 18.6 - How are chlorarachniophytes thought to have...Ch. 18.6 - The Rhizaria include diverse protists such as the...Ch. 18.7 - Prob. 1MQCh. 18.7 - Compare and contrast the lifestyles of gymnamoebas...Ch. 18.7 - Prob. 3MQCh. 18.7 - Prob. 1CRCh. 18.8 - What are conidia? How does a conidium differ from...Ch. 18.8 - Prob. 2MQCh. 18.8 - Prob. 3MQCh. 18.8 - Prob. 1CRCh. 18.9 - Why is the mold Penicillium economically...Ch. 18.9 - Prob. 2MQCh. 18.9 - Prob. 3MQCh. 18.9 - Prob. 1CRCh. 18.10 - Prob. 1MQCh. 18.10 - Prob. 2MQCh. 18.10 - Prob. 1CRCh. 18.11 - Prob. 1MQCh. 18.11 - Prob. 2MQCh. 18.11 - Prob. 1CRCh. 18.12 - Prob. 1MQCh. 18.12 - Prob. 2MQCh. 18.12 - Prob. 1CRCh. 18.13 - Prob. 1MQCh. 18.13 - Prob. 2MQCh. 18.13 - Prob. 1CRCh. 18.14 - What traits link cyanobacteria and red algae?Ch. 18.14 - Prob. 2MQCh. 18.14 - Prob. 1CRCh. 18.15 - What phototrophic properties link green algae and...Ch. 18.15 - What is unusual about the green algae...Ch. 18.15 - Prob. 3MQCh. 18.15 - Green algae are common in aquatic environments and...Ch. 18 - Explain why the process of endosymbiosis can be...Ch. 18 - Summarize the evidence for endosymbiosis. How...Ch. 18 - Prob. 3AQ
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