In A Simultaneous Toss Of Four Coins What Is The Probability Of Getting Exactly Three Heads
1) 1/2 2) 1/3 3) 1/4 4) None of these Solution: Option (3) ¼ p= ½, q= ½, n= 4,... View Article
1) 1/2 2) 1/3 3) 1/4 4) None of these Solution: Option (3) ¼ p= ½, q= ½, n= 4,... View Article
1) 2/9 2) 7/27 3) 1/27 4) None of these Solution: Option (2) 7/27 p= 2/6, q= 4/6, n= 3... View Article
Bacteria also produce metabolic wastes, which they excrete out through the cell membrane by passive diffusion or against the concentration... View Article
Glycolysis is the first step of cellular respiration, it occurs in all living organisms including bacteria. Glycolysis does not require... View Article
Yes, amitosis occurs in bacteria. It is also known as binary fission. It is a primitive type of cell division,... View Article
Bacillus subtilis forms a multilayered, tough and protective endospore, which makes it tolerant to desiccation. The multilayered coat of endospore... View Article
Bacillus subtilis was earlier regarded as aerobic but recent studies have shown that it can grow in anaerobic conditions. It... View Article
Yes, Bacillus Subtilis can ferment glucose. It is an aerobic bacteria but can grow in anaerobic conditions so it can... View Article
Bacillus Subtilis is a gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium. It is found in the gastrointestinal tract of humans and ruminants and soil.... View Article
A colony is a visible mass of bacteria. It contains a mass of genetically identical cells originating from one cell.... View Article
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the common food contaminant. It is an opportunistic human pathogen. Further reading: Nodule Formation Blue-Green Algae Heterotrophic... View Article
Pathogenicity refers to the ability to cause disease. Virulence is the measure of pathogenicity. More virulent bacteria are more likely... View Article
The encapsulation makes bacteria more pathogenic. It protects bacteria from phagocytosis by macrophages. Capsule increases tolerance from desiccation. It helps... View Article
Bacterium Helicobacter pylori causes peptic ulcer. Barry J. Marshall and Robin Warren discovered H.pylori in 1982 and received a Nobel... View Article
Not all bacteria are pathogenic. Many bacteria are beneficial to us. Microbiota present in the gut helps us in digesting... View Article
Bacteria increase soil fertility by nutrient recycling and decomposition of dead organic matter. Bacteria like Azotobacter, Bacillus, Beijerinckia, Clostridium, Klebsiella,... View Article
Soil bacteria are important for nutrient recycling and decomposition of organic matter. Due to bacterial action, nutrients become available to... View Article
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria are free-living as well as symbiotic. Rhizobium is a symbiotic bacteria present in the root nodules of leguminous... View Article
Bacteria increase soil fertility through nutrient recycling such as carbon, nitrogen, sulphur and phosphorus. Bacteria decompose dead organic matter and... View Article
Seeds can sometimes germinate inside the fruit. When seed develops prematurely inside the fruit or attached to the parent plant,... View Article