
Prescott's Microbiology
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ISBN: 9781259281594
Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Archaea and bacteria are referred to as prokaryotic unicellular organisms. Initially, archaea were classified as bacteria, thereby receiving the name archaebacteria. Archaea possess diverse physiological characteristics. They can be aerobic, facultative anaerobic, or obligate anaerobic. Nutritionally, they vary from chemolithoautotrophs to organotrophs. They are able to grow above 100ºC hence, categorized as hyperthermophiles and also possess mesophilic and psychrophilic characteristics.
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Ch. 20.1 - MICRO INQUIRY Given that the DC/HB pathway uses...Ch. 20.1 - Prob. 2MICh. 20.1 - Prob. 1RIACh. 20.1 - Why do methanogens use the reductive acetyl-CoA...Ch. 20.1 - Prob. 3RIACh. 20.1 - Compare the ATP and NADH yield of each of the...Ch. 20.2 - MICRO INQUIRY Identify the potential electron...Ch. 20.3 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply What are thermoacidophiles...Ch. 20.3 - Prob. 2RIACh. 20.3 - Compare the carbon and sulfur metabolism of...
Ch. 20.3 - Prob. 4RIACh. 20.3 - Prob. 5RIACh. 20.4 - MICRO INQUIRY What are the mechanisms by which...Ch. 20.4 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply Why are the growth yields...Ch. 20.4 - Prob. 2RIACh. 20.4 - What is the ecological and practical importance of...Ch. 20.4 - Where are extreme halophiles found, and what is...Ch. 20.4 - What is the difference between sensory rhodopsin...Ch. 20.4 - How is Thermoplasma able to live in acidic, very...Ch. 20.4 - In what way are members of the genus Archaeoglobus...Ch. 20 - Some believe that archaea should not be separate...Ch. 20 - Prob. 2CHICh. 20 - Prob. 3CHICh. 20 - Prob. 4CHICh. 20 - Prob. 5CHICh. 20 - Prob. 6CHICh. 20 - Prob. 7CHI
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