Why are agricultural GMOs developed?

What will be an ideal response?


To improve the quality of crops

Biology & Microbiology

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You have discovered a new bacterial strain that causes urinary tract infections. Closely related bacterial species cannot cause infections. You compare the strains and find that your new strain has structures composed of protein external to its cell wall

What structures might your new strain have that the other strains do not? Why? What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following microbes can oxidize ferrous iron while using chlorate or perchlorate as the electron acceptor?

A. Thiobacillus ferrooxidans B. Ferribacterium limneticum C. Dechlorosoma suillum D. Pseudomonas denitrificans

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The type of adhesive junction that connects epithelial cells to the basal lamina is a

A) hemidesmosome. B) desmosome. C) gap junction. D) tight junction. E) focal contact.

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