Treponema pallidum: genomic analysis of metabolism

What will be an ideal response?


If Treponema doesn't use TCA, how does it respire and generate NADH?

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a. transports oxygen from the lungs to the cells of the body b. prevents sickle cell anemia when present in high enough concentrations in the blood c. is involved in amino acid metabolism d. acts as a cell surface receptor e. is controlled by a single gene

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Pseudonocardia is an organism that is hosted by

A. ants that cultivate fungal gardens. B. wood-eating insects. C. people with severe acne. D. marine invertebrates.

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Consider Griffith's experiment. If he observed healthy mice after injecting these animals with dead virulent and living non-virulent bacteria, what could he have concluded?

a. Genetic information cannot be transferred between mice. b. Genetic information cannot be transferred between bacteria. c. Genetic information is transferrable. d. The RNA of the bacteria used in this experiment was degraded. e. None of the above.

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Uncommonly large feet, hands, chin, nose, and eyebrow ridges on a normal-sized body are characteristic of the condition ________, that is caused by ________.

A. Cushing's syndrome; adrenal cortex hormones B. Addison's disease; atrial natriuretic hormone C. pituitary dwarfism; hyposecretion of growth hormone in children D. acromegaly; overproduction of growth hormone in adults E. gigantism; overproduction of growth hormone in children

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