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Q: A genetically engineered microorganism used successfully in bioremediation of oil spills is of which…

A: A microorganism or microbe is a microscopic organism which may exist in its single-celled form or in…

Q: What are the materials used to grow microorganism like Spirulina?

A: Introduction In this question we will discuss about the materials used to grow microorganisms like…

Q: What is the process by which bacteria convert nitrogen gas in the air to ammonia ?

A: Almost 80% of the atmosphere is made of nitrogen. It is an important constituent to make up bio…

Q: Explain in detail, the stages of micropropagation.

A: Micropropagation is a method of asexual propagation of plants. An entire plant that is identical to…

Q: As a doctor, you come across patients whose bacterial illnesses are no longer responding to…

A: Tetracycline is an antibiotics that is used to treat the infections caused by the bacteria that…

Q: A recent study found that 480 Streptomyces strains freshly isolated from the soil are resistant to…

A: Long before humans began to mass-produce antibiotics to prevent and treat infectious diseases, many…

Q: Why do you always provide control plants in doing pathogenicity test?

A: Any organism that is capable of causing an infection or disease is called a pathogen. Plants are…

Q: How can you make bacteria competent?

A: The word 'competence' refers to the ability of a cell to alter its genetics by taking up…

Q: What are some of the advantages and disadvantagesof bioremediation?

A: The biotechnical process that involves complex material or contamination removal by degradation of…

Q: Why are Archaea resistant to penicillin?

A: Different types of antimicrobial agents are used to inhibit the growth of bacteria. Specific…

Q: osaic disease was NOT caused by a bacteria?

A: The virus can be defined as the submicroscopic infectious agent that can replicate inside the living…

Q: What is germicide used to kill?

A: A substance or specialist that kills germs, particularly pathogenic microorganisms; a disinfectant.…

Q: Why does culture have no biological basis?

A: Culture is a population-level process guided by the selection of how cultures and societies change…

Q: How do bacteriocins benefit bacteria in their natural habitat?

A: Bacteriocins are the protein substances, which are toxic to the other closely related strains of the…

Q: how do companies determine when something is going to expired? On the same topic, what do companies…

A: Microorganisms such as fungi and bacteria cause microbial spoilage. They contaminate food by growing…

Q: How does Agrobacterium benefit from inducing a plant tumor?

A: Agrobacterium tumefaciens is that the causative agent of plant disease (the formation of tumours) in…

Q: What are the benefits of the FFA?

A: Free fatty acids (FFA) are produced by the hydrolysis of oils and fats.

Q: Why is antifolate used as an anticancer agent?

A: Introduction Antifolates are a class of chemicals that are often used to treat cancer. They were one…

Q: Why do goats develop resistance to the antibiotic penicillin?

A: Delving deeper into how goats, develop resistance to antibiotics such as penicillin: 1. Exposure to…

Q: What is the mechanism of action of cisplantine as an anticancer agent?

A: Cisplantine is a chemotherapeutic drug. It has been used for treatment of numerous human cancers…

Q: Which of the two carbon sources, glucose or acetate, is more advantageous for the cultivation of…

A: E.coli - Escherichia coli, it requires a carbon source to grow to serve as substrate for the…

Q: What are the characteristics of good indicator organisms, and whyare they monitored rather than…

A: Indicator organisms are microorganisms whose presence in water indicates the probable presence of…

Q: While you were working on the oil spill problem, you received a report showing that the bacteria you…

A: The release of liquid petroleum hydrocarbons into the water bodies like oceans is known as oil…

Q: How do microbes respond to high pressure? To ionizing radiation? To UV light? What populations are…

A: Microbes, also known as microorganisms, are tiny living organisms that are too small to be seen with…

Q: How might genes, such as those responsible for drug resistance, be transferred between bacterial…

A: According to the question, we have to explain the process by which the genes, responsible for drug…

Q: What is Toxicogenomics ?

A: The whole collection of DNA in an organism is known as its genome. The human genome is made up of…

Q: How does the extremely high resistance of bacterial endospores influence sterilization practices,…

A: Endospore refers to a nonreproductive, dormant composition generated by some kind of bacteria. It…

Q: Explain briefly about The Case of Genetically Modified Tomato Paste

A: A plants  whose the DNA has been modified using genetic engineering method are known as genetically…

Q: Why are antibiotics used in livestock production?

A: Antibodies are used in livestock production because : Antibiotics prevent Animal Suffering.…

Q: Given that antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria are a concern to the general health of a…

A: The antibiotics are a special substances that are released by some bacteria to kill or inhibit the…

Q: What are some industrial processes that use bacteria What are examples of human diseases caused by…

A: Bacteria in industries :- Bacteria are used in various industries like food industry, pharma…

Q: What is a probiotic? How does it differ from a prebiotic?

A: Nutraceuticals are products that have nutritional value and can be used as medicines. It provides…

Q: What is the difference between a bactericidal antibiotic and an antibiotic that is bacteriostatic?…

A: Microbes are organisms that cannot be seen as such through naked eyes but require microscope for…

Q: Why are bacteria generally resistant to hypotonic environments, whereas animal cells are not?

A: Bacteria is a member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms. It is classified into different…

Q: Why might bacteria use quorum sensing to regulate genes needed for virulence? How might this reason…

A: Quorum sensing is the capacity to identify and respond to cell population density through gene…

Q: Among the two methods of insect pest control - CULTURAL control or BIOLOGICAL control - which is the…

A: Pest control is simply defined as the  management of a species defined as a pest. In pest mainly…

Q: What are the different types of Microbial Control

A: Microbial control agents are the biotically-derived chemical compounds or secondary metabolites that…

Q: Why are e coli bacteria and cactus ( eukaryotic and prokaryotic) important to our life and to the…

A: Escherichia coli, more frequently referred to as E. coli, is a Gram-negative, coliform bacteria that…

Q: Why do soil microbes naturally produce antibiotics?

A: Antibiotics are metabolic products of microorganisms that inhibit or completely destroy the growth…

Q: What is meant when it is said that a bacteria is an obligate anaerobe?

A: Bacteria earns energy via two modes of respiration i.e. aerobic and anaerobic.

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