Which of the following diseases is caused by an encapsulated yeast?
A) coccidioidomycosis
B) cryptococcosis
C) histoplasmosis
D) Pneumocystis pneumonia
B) cryptococcosis
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A botanist is studying the effects of different oomycete species on potato plants. He exposes one set of plants to an oomycete species having several avirulence (AVR) proteins
He exposes another set of plants to an oomycete species having a single AVR protein. What do you expect will be the results of his experiment? A. Mortality will be higher in plants exposed to the several-AVR oomycete species. B. Mortality will be higher in plants exposed to the single-AVR oomycete species. C. Mortality rates will be the same in both plant sets.
The energy expenditure of a mammal at rest, in the postabsorptive state, and at a standard temperature is referred to as its
A. basal metabolic rate. B. standardized metabolic rate. C. baseline metabolic rate. D. activated metabolic rate. E. total metabolic rate.
Each of the following transfers DNA into bacteria except
A) conjugation. B) infection. C) transduction. D) transformation. E) All transfer DNA into bacteria.
The basic structure of a virus consists of:
a. Genetic information in the form of DNA. b. Genetic information in the form of DNA, a protein coat, and polymerase to replicate its DNA. c. Genetic information in the form of DNA or RNA enclosed within a protein coat, along with a few enzymes. d. Genetic information in the form of RNA, a protein coat, and reverse transcriptase in order to turn its RNA into DNA. e. Genetic information in the form of DNA or RNA enclosed within a protein coat.