A bacterial loop entails a portion of the food web in which bacteria convert dissolved organic matter into consumable bacterial biomass

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true

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In Hershey and Chase’s experiment, why would it not have been suitable to use radioactive nitrogen to label DNA?

What will be an ideal response?

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Adding nucleotides onto a growing DNA strand during DNA replication in cells occurs in

a. the 5' ? 3' direction for the leading strand and the 3' ?  (äw 5' direction on the lagging strand. b. either the 5' ? 3' direction or the 3' ? 5' direction on both strands, depending on where replication begins. c. the 5' ? 3' direction only. d. the 3' ? 5' direction for the leading strand and the 5' ? 3' direction on the lagging strand. e. the 3' ? 5' direction only.

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Which is most analogous to the role of GFP in recombinant DNA technology?

A. Comparing the RFLP patterns of DNA from various suspects to DNA isolated from the scene of a crime using gel electrophoresis.  B. Creating a metagenomic library representing archaea bacteria that thrive in the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park.  C. Using dyes to stain and detect bacteria under light microscopy from the sputum of a patient diagnosed with tuberculosis. D. Monitoring the spread of multi-drug resistant pathogens on a hospital floor by comparing antibiotic susceptibility patterns.

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Streptococci, the bacteria responsible for strep throat infections, is classified within which group of Bacteria?

a. spirochetes b. cyanobacteria c. alpha proteobacteria d. epsilon proteobacteria e. gram-negative bacteria

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