Please match the descriptions with the correct bacterial genus to test your understanding of curve-shaped bacteria.

S-shaped spiral bacterium
A) Helicobacter
B) Campylobacter
C) Vibrio


B) Campylobacter

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A. paracrine, autocrine, endocrine B. autocrine, endocrine, paracrine C. autocrine, paracrine, endocrine D. endocrine, paracrine, autocrine

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Leeches belong to the phylum

a. Arthropoda. b. Mollusca. c. Annelida. d. Cnidaria.

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The cell cycle is controlled in most cells by

A) a series of checkpoints. B) time-after a certain length of time the cell divides. C) the completion of one phase which triggers the beginning of the next. D) cell size, when the cell reaches a certain size, it divides. E) different cells exhibit different control strategies, any of the 4 above can be found in eukaryotic organisms.

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Jim needs to prepare one liter of a 4% NaCl solution. How much NaCl should he weigh out?

A. 40 grams B. 400 grams C. 4.0 grams D. 0.4 grams

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