Artificial hearts are used routinely today to replace damaged hearts when a donor heart is not available for transplant

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


FALSE

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If a virus enters the lytic phase in a host's cell, it will cause the host cell to  

A.  reject the virus. B.  shrink because of the loss of cytoplasm that has been used in the synthesis of viral DNA. C.  lysis due to the action of enzymes D.  replicate itself at a higher than normal frequency. E.  initiate an attack on the virus.

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In all cases, freezing kills microbes.

a. true b. false

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The collection of bacteria that live on and within the human body are being isolated, identified and characterized; they are referred to as the human ______. It has been demonstrated that these organisms differ based upon the age, diet, geography and state of health of the human from which they were obtained.

A) macrobiome B) homobiome C) metagenome D) microbiome E) minibiome

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Whereas most extreme halophiles use compatible solutes to maintain an osmotic balance (and avoid desiccation), which genus below does NOT?

a. Archaeoglobus b. Halobacterium c. Picrophilus d. Salinibacter

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