This bacterium's ability to survive in a human who is taking penicillin pills may be due to the presence of _____

1. penicillin-resistance genes
2. a secretory system that removes penicillin from the cell
3. a Gram-positive cell wall
4. a Gram-negative cell wall
5. an endospore
A) 1 or 5
B) 2 or 3
C) 4 or 5
D) 2, 4, or 5


D

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Which letter(s) indicate(s) the process during which oxygen is consumed?



a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D and E

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Why do most individuals have more than one episode of the common cold in a season?

What will be an ideal response?

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In lichens, the fungi send projections of their hyphae across the algal cell wall in order to obtain nutrients from the photosynthetic partner. These projections are called

A. hyphal extensions. B. lichenthropes. C. haustoria. D. mycelia.

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