Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781259709227
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor, Heidi Smith
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 6, Problem 20Q
If an egg salad sandwich sitting in a car on a warm day contains 40,960 bacteria after 4 hours, how many bacteria will it contain after another generation time for the bacteria?
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Ch. 6.1 - List the essential nutrients of a bacterial cell.Ch. 6.1 - Prob. 2AYPCh. 6.1 - List and define four different terms that describe...Ch. 6.1 - Prob. 4AYPCh. 6.1 - Compare and contrast the processes of diffusion...Ch. 6.1 - Identify the effects of isotonic, hypotonic, and...Ch. 6.1 - Name two types of passive transport and one type...Ch. 6.1 - Prob. 1NPCh. 6.1 - Prob. 2NPCh. 6.1 - Prob. 3NP
Ch. 6.1 - Prob. 1MMCh. 6.2 - List and define five terms used to express the...Ch. 6.2 - Summarize three ways in which microorganisms...Ch. 6.2 - Identify three important environmental factors...Ch. 6.2 - List and describe the five types of associations...Ch. 6.2 - Discuss characteristics of biofilms that...Ch. 6.2 - Which statements are true with respect to...Ch. 6.3 - Summarize the steps of cell division used by most...Ch. 6.3 - Define doubling time, and describe how it leads to...Ch. 6.3 - Compare and contrast the four phases of growth in...Ch. 6.3 - Identify one culture-based and one...Ch. 6.3 - Prob. 2MMCh. 6 - Which descriptors are likely to have applied to...Ch. 6 - Prob. 2QCh. 6 - Speculate about how earths atmosphere came to...Ch. 6 - Which of the following is true of passive...Ch. 6 - Compare the effects of a hypertonic, hypotonic,...Ch. 6 - Usually scientists looking for life on other...Ch. 6 - An organism that can synthesize all its required...Ch. 6 - Provide evidence in support of or refuting this...Ch. 6 - Develop an explanation for why biofilm bacteria...Ch. 6 - Most bacteria increase their numbers by a. sexual...Ch. 6 - Looking at figure 6.3, explain how a cell in a...Ch. 6 - In binary fission, the parent chromosome is...Ch. 6 - A cell exposed to a hypertonic environment will...Ch. 6 - Prob. 14QCh. 6 - Bacteria and archaea are ubiquitous on the planet....Ch. 6 - Prob. 16QCh. 6 - How can you explain the fact that an unopened...Ch. 6 - Prob. 18QCh. 6 - In a viable count, each ____ represents a ______...Ch. 6 - If an egg salad sandwich sitting in a car on a...Ch. 6 - Scientists now believe that most bacteria in...Ch. 6 - Prob. 1VC
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