Microbe Mission B/C

SenseiSushi · Post by **SenseiSushi** » Tue Sep 06, 2016 1:56 pm

Short Event Description: Teams will answer questions, solve problems and analyze data pertaining to microbes.

Which is a characteristic of a retrovirus?

bhavjain · Post by **bhavjain** » Tue Sep 06, 2016 4:24 pm

Sensei_Sushi wrote:Short Event Description: Teams will answer questions, solve problems and analyze data pertaining to microbes.

Which is a characteristic of a retrovirus?

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Retroviruses have RNA as their genomic code, and use an enzyme called reverse transcriptase (not found in eukaryotes) to convert this RNA into DNA inside the host cell.

bhavjain · Post by **bhavjain** » Wed Sep 14, 2016 8:16 pm

Which disease may be prevented by improving access to clean water and praziquantel?

tm-scioli · Post by **tm-scioli** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 6:33 pm

probabaly (Click to Show Hidden Text)

schistosoma

bhavjain · Post by **bhavjain** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 8:40 pm

tm-scioli wrote:
probabaly (Click to Show Hidden Text)
schistosoma

Correct. Usually the disease is called schistosomiasis.

tm-scioli · Post by **tm-scioli** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 8:48 am

name 3 structural difference between gram positive and negative bacteria

bhavjain · Post by **bhavjain** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 3:41 pm

tm-scioli wrote:name 3 structural difference between gram positive and negative bacteria

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1. Thick, multilayered peptidoglycan layer in gram-positive vs. thin, single-layered in gram-negative.
2. Gram-positive has numerous teichoic acids, while gram-negative does not.
3. Gram-positive has a low LPS content, while gram-negative has a high one.

tm-scioli · Post by **tm-scioli** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 4:47 pm

correct, your turn

bhavjain · Post by **bhavjain** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 8:54 pm

What is Wolbachia used for?

tm-scioli · Post by **tm-scioli** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 10:01 pm

Haven't really gotten to wolbachia yet, but (Click to Show Hidden Text)

what I do know is that it could possibly be used to control mosquito populations and lessen the effects of parasitic worms

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