Imagine you are the biologist on a space ship whose five-year mission is to seek out new life on other planets. Your job is to find hereditary material. What is the singlemost important characteristic you will use to determine whether the chemicals you discover are good candidates for hereditary material.

Q: The GC content of Micrococcus is 66 - 75% and of Staphylococcus is 30-40 % moles, from this…

A: Introduction  A genus of Gram-positive bacteria belonging to the Staphylococcaceae family of the…

Q: You compare two strands of mtDNA and discover that there are 3 differences in base pairs between…

A:

Q: 2) You isolate a strain of bacteria and want to know if it might be a new species. What do you need…

A: Bacteria is a prokaryotic organism having no membrane bound organelles such as nucleus. Bacterial…

Q: Which of the following is true about plasmids?a) They are present in all organismsb) They are…

A: A plasmid is circular, extrachromosomal, small piece of DNA present in the cytoplasm that is…

Q: Griffith's Experiments using Streptococcus pneumonia rough and smooth strains concluded which of the…

A: Streptococcus pneumoniae also known as pneumococcus, is a Gram-positive spherical-shaped bacterium…

Q: What is one example of a medical compound that was originally isolated from plants

A: Neem plant (Azadirachta indica ) part show antimicrobial roll through innovative effect on the…

Q: Why have scientists developed numerous methods to classify microorganisms?

A: Microorganisms are very diverse. They include bacteria, fungi, algae, protozoa. The identification…

Q: Bacillus subtilis is known to harbour proA gene which is expressed as protease. Protease is an…

A: Genetic engineering and bioprocess are very good tools in the pharmaceutical, therapeutics, enzyme…

Q: Erwin Chargaff did not have any DNA samples from thermoacidophilic bacteria such as those that…

A: Nucleic acids, DNA, and RNA are composed of nucleotides. Each nucleotide is composed of a…

Q: Domain: Node 1: Cell walls with Node 2: Chromosomes are protected by a nuclear envelope? Yes or no:…

A: Introduction: Bacteria : The Cell Wall Surrounds The Cell Membrane On All Sides. Peptidoglycan (also…

Q: The white lines drawn indicate different lineages of bacteria throughout the experiment. The black…

A: On increasing the Antibiotic concentration some bacteria die and some bacteria survive. The bacteria…

Q: What is FAME analysis?

A: FAME is an acronym which stands for Fatty Acid Methyl Ester which is produced by the process of…

Q: n example of bioremediation is     A) the use of prokaryotes to treat sewage or clean up oil…

A: BIOREMEDIATION:- It has been defined as a breakability technology that uses biological activity to…

Q: DNAs are an organism’s blueprint.  The code for any trait/character is stored in it.  What allows it…

A: The central dogma of molecular biology illustrates the process of the flow of genetic information,…

Q: Scientists have discovered a new, unknown single-celled organism. They decide to compare the DNA…

A: Ans- Halophile (on the basis of gene sequence).

Q: Who proposed Endosymbiotic theory?

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

Q: View the Diagram given below. Then read the questions given on the right-hand side. Answer each…

A: Cladogram is a evolutionary tree representing relationship with ancestors. It is based on…

Q: Discuss the elucidate beneficial importance in studying microbiology in terms of a) environmental…

A: Introduction: The study of microscopic organisms—living creatures that are too small to be seen with…

Q: A mutation occurs in a single bacterium that causes it to produce a new enzyme. This enzyme helps…

A: Bacteria are simple unicellular organisms that have a cellular level of organization. They undergo…

Q: An analysis of an octopus’s DNA determines that the nitrogen base thymine makes up 18 percent of the…

A: DNA has four nitrogen bases -  Adenine  Guanine  Thymine  Cytosine  Chargaff's rule said that DNA…

Q: Microbiologists announced the discovery of over 30 new species of bacteria that thrive between the…

A: Microorganisms or microbes are microscopic organisms that exist as unicellular, multicellular, or…

Q: Place the following sentences in chronological order to describe how the spread of antibiotic…

A: Antibiotic resistance is a major public health concern caused by antibiotic overuse, which has…

Q: Alexander Fleming was working with bacteria called staphylococcus, which looked like bunches of…

A: Antibiotics were discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming by accident. While growing Staphylococcus, he…

Q: John Smith is a pig farmer. For the past five years, Smith has been adding vitamins and low doses of…

A: John Smith is a pig farmer. Several pigs of Smith died from infections of common bacteria since they…

Q: In addition to the morphological, cultural, and physiological tests performed on an unknown, what…

A: The identification of microorganisms enables us to study their role in creating biodiversity. It…

Q: What is the significance of microbiology and why is it important to study bacteria and to…

A: Microbiology is a branch of biological science that studies microorganisms (also known as microbes),…

Q: Which of the following types of macromolecules produced by one organism can “transform” another…

A: Organisms  Organisms are the living individual like animals plants or single celled living form.

Q: Which is the first act in taxonomy?

A: An organism is any individual entity that embodies the properties of life. Organisms are classified…

Q: What factors affect the loss of parent materials of organisms with good combining ability?

A: Soil minerals are produced from rocks through the process of weathering and natural erosion.The…

Q: ey discover in Tahiti?

A: Recently Coral Reef is discovered in Tahiti An  underwater mapping project    Scientists have…

Q: What are the goals of taxonomy?

A: Darwinian classification is a category of biological classification that attempts to classify…

Mitochondrial Mutations

A mitochondrion is a cellular organelle that serves as the site for cellular respiration and energy production (ATP or Adenosine Triphosphate). It is a double-membrane-bound organelle and is only present in eukaryotic cells.