Foundations in Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259705212
Author: Kathleen Park Talaro, Barry Chess Instructor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 4.L1, Problem 5WC
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Endospores are highly resistant, inert bodies that have the ability to stay dormant for a very long period of time. Spore forming bacteria have two stages of life, the vegetative phase, that is
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What is required to kill endospores? How do you supposearchaeologists were able to date some spores as being thousands(or millions) of years old?
Which of the following is NOT true about endospores?
O 1) Spores are resistant to heat, radiation, cold, and dessication.
O 2) One endospore germinates into one vegetative cell.
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3) They are a method of reproduction for bacterial cells when growth conditions
are inhospitable.
O 4) Endospores are clinically significant in causing disease.
O 5) The endospore has a thick spore coat that protects it.
Endospores are
a) resistant to extreme temperatures
b) produced by some prokaryotes
c) can survive for decades
d) all of the above
Chapter 4 Solutions
Foundations in Microbiology
Ch. 4.1 - Describe the fundamental characteristics of cells.Ch. 4.1 - Identify the primary properties that define life...Ch. 4.1 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 4.1 - Name several general characteristics that could be...Ch. 4.2 - Describe the generalized anatomy of bacterial...Ch. 4.2 - Prob. 4ELOCh. 4.2 - Describe the structure and position of bacterial...Ch. 4.2 - Explain how flagella influence motility and motile...Ch. 4.2 - Prob. 7ELOCh. 4.2 - Define glycocalyx, and describe its different...
Ch. 4.2 - What other microbial groups besides bacteria have...Ch. 4.2 - Prob. 4CYPCh. 4.2 - How does the flagellum dictate the behavior of a...Ch. 4.2 - Differentiate between the structure and functions...Ch. 4.2 - Prob. 7CYPCh. 4.2 - Prob. 8CYPCh. 4.2 - Prob. 9CYPCh. 4.2 - Explain how the bacterial glycocalyx and certain...Ch. 4.3 - Prob. 9ELOCh. 4.3 - Outline the structure and functions of cell walls,...Ch. 4.3 - Contrast the major structure of gram-positive and...Ch. 4.3 - Prob. 12ELOCh. 4.3 - Relate the characteristics of other types of cell...Ch. 4.3 - Prob. 14ELOCh. 4.3 - Prob. 11CYPCh. 4.3 - Prob. 12CYPCh. 4.3 - Prob. 13CYPCh. 4.3 - How does the precise structure of the cell walls...Ch. 4.3 - Prob. 15CYPCh. 4.3 - Prob. 16CYPCh. 4.3 - Describe the medical impact of the cell walls of...Ch. 4.3 - Prob. 18CYPCh. 4.3 - Prob. 19CYPCh. 4.4 - Prob. 15ELOCh. 4.4 - Prob. 16ELOCh. 4.4 - Characterize the bacterial ribosomes and...Ch. 4.4 - Prob. 18ELOCh. 4.4 - Prob. 19ELOCh. 4.4 - Discuss the resistance and significance of...Ch. 4.4 - Prob. 20CYPCh. 4.4 - What is unique about the structure of bacterial...Ch. 4.4 - Prob. 22CYPCh. 4.4 - Prob. 23CYPCh. 4.4 - Describe the way endospores are formed, their...Ch. 4.4 - Prob. 25CYPCh. 4.4 - Why are spores so difficult to destroy?Ch. 4.5 - Describe the shapes of bacteria and their possible...Ch. 4.5 - Prob. 22ELOCh. 4.5 - Outline the size ranges among bacteria and in...Ch. 4.5 - Prob. 27CYPCh. 4.5 - Prob. 28CYPCh. 4.5 - What are vibrios and coccobacilli?Ch. 4.5 - Prob. 30CYPCh. 4.5 - Prob. 31CYPCh. 4.5 - Prob. 32CYPCh. 4.6 - Prob. 24ELOCh. 4.6 - Prob. 25ELOCh. 4.6 - Outline a basic system of bacterial taxonomy.Ch. 4.6 - Explain the species and subspecies levels for...Ch. 4.6 - Prob. 33CYPCh. 4.6 - Prob. 34CYPCh. 4.6 - Prob. 35CYPCh. 4.7 - Differentiate various groups of photosynthetic...Ch. 4.7 - Characterize the types of obligate intracellular...Ch. 4.7 - Prob. 30ELOCh. 4.7 - Prob. 31ELOCh. 4.7 - Prob. 32ELOCh. 4.7 - Prob. 36CYPCh. 4.7 - Name two main groups of obligate intracellular...Ch. 4.7 - Explain the characteristics of archaea that...Ch. 4.7 - Prob. 39CYPCh. 4.7 - Describe the three major archaeal lifestyles and...Ch. 4.L1 - Prob. 1MCQCh. 4.L1 - Viruses are not considered living things because...Ch. 4.L1 - Prob. 3MCQCh. 4.L1 - Prob. 4MCQCh. 4.L1 - Pili are appendages in _________ bacteria that...Ch. 4.L1 - Prob. 6MCQCh. 4.L1 - Which of the following is a primary bacterial cell...Ch. 4.L1 - Which of the following is present in both...Ch. 4.L1 - Metachromatic granules are concentrated ________...Ch. 4.L1 - Prob. 10MCQCh. 4.L1 - Prob. 11MCQCh. 4.L1 - Prob. 12MCQCh. 4.L1 - Prob. 13MCQCh. 4.L1 - Prob. 14MCQCh. 4.L1 - Prob. 15MCQCh. 4.L1 - To which taxonomic group do cyanobacteria belong?...Ch. 4.L1 - Prob. 17MCQCh. 4.L1 - The first living cells on earth would most likely...Ch. 4.L1 - Prob. 1CSRCh. 4.L1 - Prob. 2CSRCh. 4.L1 - What is a biofilm, and how did it form on the...Ch. 4.L1 - Label the parts on the bacterial cell featured...Ch. 4.L1 - Discuss the collection of properties that are used...Ch. 4.L1 - Describe the basic process of biofilm formation.Ch. 4.L1 - Prob. 4WCCh. 4.L1 - Prob. 5WCCh. 4.L2 - Using clay, demonstrate how cocci can divide in...Ch. 4.L2 - Prob. 2CTCh. 4.L2 - Prob. 3CTCh. 4.L2 - Prob. 4CTCh. 4.L2 - a. Name a bacterial group that uses chlorophyll to...Ch. 4.L2 - Propose a hypothesis to explain how bacteria and...Ch. 4.L2 - Prob. 7CTCh. 4.L2 - Prob. 8CTCh. 4.L2 - Describe the shapes and arrangements of bacteria...Ch. 4.L2 - Prob. 1VCCh. 4.L2 - What kinds of cells are shown here? Explain what...
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