What about Pseudomonas aeruginosa makes it especially problematic in burn victims and cystic fibrosis patients?

What will be an ideal response?


Pseudomonas aeruginosa is notorious for its efflux pumps, which have rendered the species resistant to whole families of antibiotics. It also uses pili to move along surfaces.

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a. A. b. B. c. C. d. D. e. E.

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Approximately _____ percent of a leaf is composed of air spaces

a. 25 b. 33 c. 50 d. 75

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You are given a genetic mapping project as an undergraduate research assistant. You are told that

genes a and b are 7.4 map units from each other and that genes b and c are 5.7 map units from each other. You do a cross to determine the map distance between a and c. Which of the following results would indicate that c lies between a and b?

a. 11.1 map units b. 15.0 map units c. 2.0 map units d. 14.8 map units e. 13.1 map units

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In the garden peas example above, a tall plant with white flowers crossed with a dwarf plant with

purple flowers produces 1/4 tall purple flowers, 1/4 tall white flowers, 1/4 dwarf purple flowers, and 1/4 dwarf white flowers. What is the genotype of the parents? What will be an ideal response?

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