Which of the following is a correct scientific name?
a. Mycobacterium leprae
b. Leprosy bacterium
c. Hansen's bacillus
d. Acid-fact bacterium
Answer: a. Mycobacterium leprae
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A. Electron Transfer Phosphorylation B. Glycolysis C. The Krebs Cycle D. ATP Breakdown E. None of these
A medical laboratory scientist (MLS) is examining a thin blood film from a patient suspected of having a Plasmodium infection. After examining the slide for 5 minutes and viewing approx-imately 100 oil immersion fields, the MLS does not observe any structures associated with Plasmodium. Which one of the following statements explains this discrepancy?
a. The stain may have been contaminated. b. The MLS should have examined each field under high dry magnification; there-fore the magnification is not correct. c. The MLS may have missed the organism; more than 300 fields should be viewed. d. No discrepancy is present. Plasmodium spp. are not found in blood; therefore the results are accurate.
What is the function of the inverted repeat in the termination sequence of a rho-independent terminator? What would happen if a mutation occurred in this region?
What will be an ideal response?
Which sugar is not readily made from formaldehyde in experiments simulating conditions on primitive Earth?
A. ribose B. glucose C. fructose D. deoxyribose