A (colony/habitat/biofilm) is a mixed population of microbes growing together on surfaces

What will be an ideal response?


biofilm

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If a special fungicide killed all of the glomeromycetes in an environment, but did not affect other types of fungi, which of the following would most likely occur?

A. Plant nutrient uptake from the soil would be reduced. B. Overall decomposition rates would be dramatically reduced. C. Mushrooms would be absent from the environment. D. Lichens would be absent from the environment. E. Aquatic habitats would completely lack fungi.

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During the bacterial cell division, the single cells is separated into two cells by

a. centrosomes. b. spindle fibers. c. nucleosomes. d. pinching of the plasma membrane. e. aneuploidy.

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Populations are best defined as

A. all members of a species. B. all organisms found in an environment. C. metacommunities. D. families. E. groups of interbreeding populations.

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Pairs of chromosomes that are similar in size and genetic composition are

a. chromatids. b. diploid. c. haploid. d. chromatin. e. homologous chromosomes.

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