A microorganism that can use ready-made folic acid from its environment and no longer needs to synthesize it from the PABA precursor demonstrates an example of what type of antimicrobial resistance mechanism?
A) alteration of an enzyme
B) alteration of targets
C) development of enzymes
D) alteration of a metabolic pathway
Ans: D) alteration of a metabolic pathway
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Continental drift caused the large supercontinent that existed during the Paleozoic era to separate into a northern
continent, called ____, and a southern continent, called ____.
a. Pangaea; Laurasia b. Laurasia; Gondwana
c. Gondwana; Laurasia d. Pangaea; Gondwana e. Gondwana; Pangaea
Brain tumors in children are very common in the cerebellum. Which symptoms might lead a doctor to suspect this
type of tumor?
a. difficulty hearing b. difficulty seeing c. difficulty walking d. forgetting previously learned skills e. suddenly starting to speak in gibberish
Some ecologists specialize in endangered species. Because the emphasis of their studies would involve counting members of the same species in an area, which branch of ecology would this job fall under?
a. organismal ecology b. community ecology c. population ecology d. ecosystem ecology
Mycobacterium tuberculosis:
A. produces several virulence factor enzymes and an exotoxin. B. has a cord factor that can prevent destruction by lysosomes and macrophages. C. is a spore former. D. has a capsule. E. lives in the soil.