Antibiotic resistance can evolve rapidly in bacterial popula…
Antibiotic resistance can evolve rapidly in bacterial populations. Suppose that a type of bacterial infection is normally treated with antibiotic A. A person who has an infection with this type of bacteria takes antibiotic A, but it has no effect. It is determined that the bacteria causing their infection have a new allele that makes them resistant to the antibiotic because it cannot bind to the normal target molecule in the bacteria. How did the bacteria become resistant to the antibiotic? Side note: Fortunately for the person with the infection, it turns out there is another antibiotic that can be used to treat the infection, so the person recovers and is fine.
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Suppose that a reaction in which a chemical bond is broken has ΔG of – 5.2 kcal/mol. Forming another bond has ΔG of + 3.3 kcal/mol. Could these two reactions be coupled so the energy released by one reaction is used to drive the other?
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There are both similarities and differences in cellular respiration and photosynthesis. Summarize some of them by choosing the correct answers from the drop-down boxes. The initial energy input that starts glycolysis and is used to drive cellular respiration is [a]. The initial energy input used to drive photosynthesis is [b]. Both cellular respiration and photosynthesis involve electron transport chains (e.t.c.) in a membrane. The e.t.c. involved in cellular respiration is found in the [c]; the e.t.c involved in photosynthesis is found in the [d]. The immediate source of energy for the e.t.c. in cellular respiration is [e]; in photosynthesis, it is [f]. In cellular respiration, the e.t.c. is used to directly generate [g]; in photosynthesis, the e.t.c from PS II is used to directly generate [h], and the e.t.c from PS I is used to directly generate [i].
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