These microbes do not have an aerobic metabolism, but they can detoxify oxygen enough to live in its presence:

a) microaerophiles
b) aerotolerant anaerobes
c) facultative anaerobes
d) obligate anaerobes


Answer: b) aerotolerant anaerobes

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Oswald Avery found that DNA was necessary and sufficient for bacterial transformation. Which of the following experimental results support this statement (select all that apply)?

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