Explain the difference and significance between a contaminated culture and a mixed culture.

What will be an ideal response?


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When propagating a clone in the lambda phage, would you have more immediate success if the phage entered the lysogenic cycle or the lytic cycle?

What will be an ideal response?

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Ammonification is the conversion of ________ to NH3 and NH4.

A. nitrate B. organic nitrogen C. nitrite D. inorganic nitrogen E. living plant matter

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Glyptodons are fossil forms that resemble ____.

A. ostriches B. armadillos C. kangaroos D. turtles E. sloths

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Compare and contrast aerobic cellular respiration, anaerobic cellular respiration, and fermentation in terms of purpose, pathways used, the final electron acceptor, amount of ATP produced, method of phosphorylation to produce ATP, the use of an electron

transport chain, the role of oxygen, and the end-products (other than ATP) which are produced. What will be an ideal response?

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