Biology: Concepts and Investigations
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Author: Hoefnagels
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Chapter 17, Problem 7WIO
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How the treatment of stomach ulcers have changed since the discovery of its causal agent Helicobacter pylori.
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Antibiotics are chemical agents used to kill or thwart the growth of bacteria. They do so by inhibiting the cell wall formation or disturb the plasma membrane of the bacteria. This makes the bacteria vulnerable and they die.
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Chapter 17 Solutions
Biology: Concepts and Investigations
Ch. 17.1 - What are two domains that contain prokaryotes?Ch. 17.1 - Prob. 2MCCh. 17.1 - Prob. 3MCCh. 17.1 - Prob. 4MCCh. 17.2 - Prob. 1MCCh. 17.2 - Prob. 2MCCh. 17.2 - What does the Gram stain reveal about a cell?Ch. 17.2 - Prob. 4MCCh. 17.2 - Prob. 5MCCh. 17.2 - How are molecular data changing microbial...
Ch. 17.2 - Prob. 7MCCh. 17.3 - Prob. 1MCCh. 17.3 - Prob. 2MCCh. 17.3 - Prob. 3MCCh. 17.4 - Prob. 1MCCh. 17.4 - Prob. 2MCCh. 17.4 - What adaptations enable pathogenic bacteria to...Ch. 17.4 - What are some practical uses of bacteria and...Ch. 17.5 - Prob. 1MCCh. 17.5 - Prob. 2MCCh. 17 - A prokaryotic cell is one that a. lacks DNA. b....Ch. 17 - Which of these is a distinguishing characteristic...Ch. 17 - What feature distinguishes the cell walls of...Ch. 17 - Prob. 4MCQCh. 17 - Prob. 5MCQCh. 17 - Prob. 6MCQCh. 17 - Prob. 7MCQCh. 17 - Prob. 8MCQCh. 17 - Explain why the antibiotics penicillin and...Ch. 17 - Give five examples that illustrate how bacteria...Ch. 17 - If you were developing a new "broad-spectrum"...Ch. 17 - Ernst Mayr defined a biological species as a...Ch. 17 - In an article in Nature magazine, Sean Nee wrote...Ch. 17 - Ecosystems rely on nitrogen -fixing bacteria,...Ch. 17 - Prob. 7WIOCh. 17 - Prob. 8WIOCh. 17 - Prob. 9WIOCh. 17 - Prob. 10WIOCh. 17 - Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes most cases of...Ch. 17 - Prob. 1PITCh. 17 - Add autotrophs, heterotrophs, phototrophs, and...Ch. 17 - Prob. 3PITCh. 17 - Prob. 4PITCh. 17 - Prob. 5PIT
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