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Cards in this guide (7)
What term describes the very first protists

unicellular

What are the drugs that are used to treat bacterial diseases called

antibiotics

Which of these is not a characteristic shared by all bacteria

They all cause disease.

What about some bacteria is important to humans in terms of our being able to make proteins and nucleic acids from the foods we eat

they can fix nitrogen

Which of these is a human disease caused by bacteria

There are many human diseases caused by bacteria. Two examples are salmonella and e coli.

Which of these is produced with the help of bacteria

You were given a list. We don't have the list so can't give you an answer.

How do bacteria exchange genetic information with each other

Genetic exchanges among bacteria occur by several mechanisms. In transformation, the recipient bacterium takes up extracellular donor DNA. In transduction, donor DNA packaged in a bacteriophage infects the recipient bacterium. In conjugation, the donor bacterium transfers DNA to the recipient by mating.

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