Marine viruses

What will be an ideal response?


•Most numerous biological entities in ocean (> 10 million particles per ml)
•Contain more carbon than 75 million blue whales
•~50% of prokaryotes are lysed each day

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The higher the phenol coefficient value, the ________ effective the disinfectant under the test conditions.  

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Synthetic anabolic steroids:

A. All of the answer options are correct. B. promote protein synthesis. C. promote anabolic metabolism to store energy within cells. D. build and strengthen muscle tissue. E. interfere with the normal production of anterior pituitary tropic hormones.

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You have just received an A+ on your math

exam and you are feeling great about it! The neurotransmitter causing this effect is

a. acetylcholine. b. epinephrine. c. an endorphin. d. serotonin. e. possibly more than one of these

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Which of the following organisms cause

malaria?

a. a virus b. a bacterium c. an insect d. a fungus e. a protist

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