What cyanobacterium is responsible for producing harmful toxins that create health risks for populations living and harvesting shellfish in contaminated areas where these toxins are released?

a. Anabena
b. Microcysts
c. Chlorobi
d. Spirulina
e. Synechoccocus


Ans: b. Microcysts

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A. primary producers. B. primary consumers. C. secondary consumers. D. tertiary consumers. E. detritivores.

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Campylobacter spp. can sometimes be detected by direct Gram-stain examination of fecal sample, which would reveal many:

a. large, faintly staining gram-negative ba-cilli. b. small curved or seagull-winged gram-negative bacilli. c. small gram-negative coccobacilli. d. plump, faintly staining gram-negative ba-cilli.

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The phylum ____ consists of about 200 known species of nonvascular plants that produce hornlike sporophytes, and

are the only land plants whose chloroplasts contain alga-like protein bodies called pyrenoids.

a. Hepatophyta b. Monilophyta c. Bryophyta d. Lycophyta e. Anthocerophyta

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As a tissue, blood is composed of only one type of cell

a. True b. False

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