Explain the importance of species of the molds Ustilago and Claviceps in medicine.

2066

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What is the importance of biofilms in a watery environment?

3285

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Explain about semisynthetic penicillins and indicate their uses in therapy.

2193

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Describe about the spectrum of activity, side effects, and uses of the antibiotic chloramphenicol?

2028

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What do you know about the basic components and functions of the lymph and the lymphatic system?

2360

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How microorganisms vary in pathogenesity?

2197

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Describe several different types of spores that can be produced by asexual reproduction in fungi?

2351

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What are the three major challenges facing microbiology today?

5501

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Define miasma notion of disease?

2355

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why microbiology failed to experience a period of growth after the reports of Leeuwenhoek?

2017

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Explain why the three-domain system was devised and identify the domains to which microorganisms belong?

2664

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How molecular taxonomy has affected bacterial classification?

2183

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Can you identify the operational bases and uses for the transmission and scanning electron microscopy?

2167

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Contrast the streak plate isolation and pour-plate isolation methods for making population measurements?

4937

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Describe the direct and indirect methods for measuring bacterial population growth?

2205

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