Describe how oral antibiotics can result in the harmful alterations in the microbiota.

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Oral antibiotic can result in the harmful alterations in the microbiota because it can kill both the good and the bad bacteria. and the bad bacteria can mulitply.

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Which of the following would enable you to identify the plus end of actin filaments? A) Add radiolabeled actin subunits to a mixture of actin filaments in which conditions are favorable for polymerization. B) Add radiolabeled actin subunits to a mixture of actin filaments in which conditions favor depolymerization. C) Determine the ionic charge of the ends of the actin filaments.

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A(n) ____ environment is ideal for plant cells, while a(n) ____ environment is best for animal cells

a. isotonic; hypotonic b. hypotonic; isotonic c. hypotonic; hypertonic d. hypertonic; isotonic e. isotonic; isotonic

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A species that plays a critical role in maintaining the structure of an ecological community and helps to determine the types and numbers of various other species in the community is known as  

A.  a predator. B.  a keystone species. C.  the primary species. D.  the dominant species. E.  the alpha species.

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Four of the five answers listed below are bases used to construct nucleic acids. Select the exception

a. cytosine b. adenine c. thymine d. guanine e. phenylalanine

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