Sulfur-oxidizing bacteria synthesize ATP by the process of ________ using a variety of reduced, inorganic sulfur compounds as energy and electron sources.

What will be an ideal response?


substrate-level phosphorylation

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A. a single type of phage can destroy a wide range of strains of the same pathogen. B. of the increasing problem of antibiotic resistance. C. lysed bacteria pose no threat. D. a single phage can be genetically engineered to infect many different species of bacteria.

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The primary RNA transcript in eukaryotes is

A. mRNA before the exons have been removed. B. tRNA before it forms its hairpin loops. C. mRNA after the introns have been removed. D. rRNA before it forms the ribosome. E. mRNA before the introns have been removed.

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During the 1920s to 1940s, biologists combined Mendelian genetics with Darwin's theory to form a

unified explanation of evolution that is referred to as: a. classical Darwinism. b. evolutionary genetics. c. genetic evolution. d. neo-evolution. e. the modern synthesis

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Which of the following events occurs during interphase?

a. formation of the spindle b. alignment of chromosomes at the spindle midpoint c. disappearance of the nuclear envelope d. DNA synthesis

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