________ are microscopic prokaryotes inhabiting, among other hostile places, hot springs and very salty waters

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a. mosses, ferns, and lycophytes b. lycophytes only c. ferns only d. mosses only e. mosses and ferns but not lycophytes

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There is great diversity of shape among microbes. Form is one of the ways different taxa can be distinguished. Which of the following shapes are not found among the microbes?

A. rods B. spheres C. octagons D. curved shapes E. spirals

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All of the following pertain to tuberculosis except

A. symptoms of active TB include low-grade fever, coughing, fatigue, weight loss, and night sweats. B. live bacilli can remain dormant in the lungs and reactivate later in life. C. antimicrobials cannot treat and cure tuberculosis. D. lung infection can disseminate to many other organs in extrapulmonary TB. E. the BCG vaccine is used in other countries.

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Truffles, the spore-containing structure of a ________, are eaten as a delicacy

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