The net ATP gain from one glucose molecule in aerobic respiration is 38 ATP. It includes ATP produced in glycolysis, link reaction, TCA cycle and... View Article
Ethylene is a gaseous plant hormone that causes the ripening of fruits. It is synthesised in a large amount in the fruits and tissues undergoing... View Article
Malaria is caused by a protozoan, Plasmodium. It is transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes. P. falciparum and P. vivax are the most common types of... View Article
Many bacterial strains can cause food poisoning. Some examples include Clostridium botulinum, Salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus, E. coli,... View Article
Dengue is a viral disease. It is caused by a virus from the genus Flavivirus, which belongs to the Flaviviridae family. It is transmitted by... View Article
Yes, yeast is a unicellular fungus. The average size of yeast is ~ 3-4 µm. Yeast is a sac fungus and belongs to ascomycetes and the genus... View Article
Microbes increase soil fertility. They are used as a biofertilizer in agriculture. Microbes decompose dead and decaying organic matter and help... View Article
The unicellular fungi, yeast, is used to make bread. Yeast converts sugar to ethanol and carbon dioxide by the process of fermentation. The... View Article
Scientists have done several experiments to study the survival of microbes in space. Deinococcus radiodurans, an extremophile, can survive at... View Article
No, viruses are not considered as microbes as they are non-living. Viruses do not contain any cellular structure and can not reproduce outside... View Article
Prions are abnormally folded proteins, which are infectious and stimulate abnormal folding in the normal proteins. They do not contain any... View Article
There are numerous microorganisms present in the digestive tract of humans. They are known as gut flora. They include bacteria, archaea, fungi.... View Article
Microbes are microscopic organisms. Mostly unicellular prokaryotes and eukaryotes are referred to as microbes, e.g. bacteria, archaea, protists... View Article
Mumps is a viral disease. It is caused by a paramyxovirus. It is a negative-sense RNA virus having an enveloped structure. It causes inflammation... View Article
Measles is caused by ssRNA virus. The measles virus belongs to the Paramyxoviridae family and the genus Morbillivirus. It is highly contagious... View Article
Microbes are essential for soil fertility. There are many nitrogen-fixing microorganisms such as Azotobacter, which increase the nitrogen content... View Article
Oxygen is toxic to obligate anaerobic bacteria because they do not possess defence mechanisms to protect enzymes from oxidants. The superoxide... View Article
The respiratory quotient is the ratio of the volume of carbon dioxide evolved to the volume of oxygen consumed during respiration. In plants CO2... View Article
Less than 1 percent of the population has a rare congenital condition called dextrocardia, where the heart is present at the right side of the... View Article
Breathing is under control of the autonomic nervous system. Carbon dioxide and hydrogen ion concentration is the main point of breathing... View Article
