One way in which small viruses package more information into a very small genome is to use overlapping genes so that the same base sequence is read in more than one reading frame.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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What microbial processes are involved in the bioremediation of organic pollutants such as hydrocarbons and the bioremediation of inorganic pollutants such as uranium? What are the end products of bioremediation for hydrocarbons and uranium?
What will be an ideal response?
Vaccines contain
A) memory cells against the pathogen. B) antigens of the pathogen. C) antibodies of the pathogen. D) lymphokines. E) T cells programmed to attack the pathogen.
Modern restoration biologists recognize that it may not be prudent to restore the same species to an ecosystem that has been disturbed. Which of the following statements and or explanations supports this?
A. Restoring an ecosystem should involve rebuilding the systems that allowed the habitat to successfully operate. B. Restoring an ecosystem requires a replica of the original state, this version of restoration is called "pristine." C. Due to global warming certain species may no longer flourish in the ecosystem. D. Often we do not have a full list of species that made up the original ecosystem.
Neisseria gonorrhoeae circumvents our iron-sequestering defenses by
A) breaking down red blood cells to get to the iron-rich hemoglobin inside. B) capturing our iron-binding proteins and pulling the iron out of them for their own use. C) making siderophores that pull iron from our iron-binding proteins. D) using manganese in their metal-requiring enzymes instead of iron. E) releasing lytic enzymes and then scavenging the debris for iron.