Brock Biology of Microorganisms (15th Edition)
15th Edition
ISBN: 9780134261928
Author: Michael T. Madigan, Kelly S. Bender, Daniel H. Buckley, W. Matthew Sattley, David A. Stahl
Publisher: PEARSON
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- What are the consequences of symbiont genome reduction?
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Brock Biology of Microorganisms (15th Edition)
Ch. 23.1 - What two microbes form a partnership in the lichen...Ch. 23.1 - Prob. 2MQCh. 23.1 - Prob. 1CRCh. 23.2 - What is the evidence that "Chlorochromatium...Ch. 23.2 - Prob. 2MQCh. 23.2 - How might nutrients be shuttled between phototroph...Ch. 23.2 - QWhat mechanisms do the consortia use to orient at...Ch. 23.3 - Prob. 1MQCh. 23.3 - Prob. 2MQCh. 23.3 - What is a bacteroid and what occurs within it?...
Ch. 23.3 - What are the major similarities and differences...Ch. 23.3 - QDescribe the steps in the development of root...Ch. 23.4 - Prob. 1MQCh. 23.4 - Prob. 2MQCh. 23.4 - How do mycorrhizal fungi promote plant diversity?Ch. 23.4 - Prob. 1CRCh. 23.5 - Prob. 1MQCh. 23.5 - How do the vir genes differ from T-DNA in the Ti...Ch. 23.5 - How has an understanding of crown gall disease...Ch. 23.5 - Prob. 1CRCh. 23.6 - Prob. 1MQCh. 23.6 - What are the consequences of symbiont genome...Ch. 23.6 - How could it be determined if a symbiont and its...Ch. 23.6 - QHow is it possible for aphids to feed only on the...Ch. 23.7 - How are anoxic conditions maintained in the...Ch. 23.7 - Why does reductive acetogenesis predominate over...Ch. 23.7 - Prob. 3MQCh. 23.7 - QHow do the microbial communities of higher and...Ch. 23.8 - Prob. 1MQCh. 23.8 - Prob. 2MQCh. 23.8 - How is the correct bacterial symbiont selected in...Ch. 23.9 - Prob. 1MQCh. 23.9 - What are the similarities of the obligate...Ch. 23.9 - Prob. 3MQCh. 23.9 - Prob. 1CRCh. 23.10 - What evidence suggest that the nematodes and their...Ch. 23.10 - What prevents other bacteria from colonizing the...Ch. 23.10 - QWhy are entomopathogenic nematodes so attractive...Ch. 23.11 - Prob. 1MQCh. 23.11 - What are the two mechanisms of Symbiodinium...Ch. 23.11 - Prob. 3MQCh. 23.11 - Prob. 1CRCh. 23.12 - Prob. 1MQCh. 23.12 - Prob. 2MQCh. 23.12 - Prob. 1CRCh. 23.13 - Prob. 1MQCh. 23.13 - Prob. 2MQCh. 23.13 - Prob. 3MQCh. 23.13 - QGive an example of a single microbial species...Ch. 23 - Imagine that you have discovered a new animal that...Ch. 23 - Prob. 2AQ
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