Recent Bacteria Questions

• What are the scientists more likely to learn from transgenic animals than from transgenic bacteria or transgenic plants?

  14 hr 15 min ago - An example: Normal mice cannot be infected with polio virus. ...

• Why does my cat's poop smell?

  14 hr 17 min ago - Poop stinks as a result of the products of bacterial action. ...

• Have scientists been using genetic engineering to produce bacteria capable of synthesizing human proteins?

  14 hr 19 min ago - The genetic engineering of humans has raised many controversi...

• How did early photosynthetic bacteria change earth?

  14 hr 25 min ago - The proteins that gather light for photosynthesis are embedde...

• What is the name of the bacteria used to transform plant cells?

  14 hr 33 min ago - Sorry. ChaCha does not understand your question. Your origina...

• What is makes you fart?

  14 hr 43 min ago - People fart to release the gas that is built up in our intest...

• What is Spherical bacteria are called?

  14 hr 51 min ago - The cocci are spherical or oval bacteria having one of severa...

• How does penicillin affect a bacterial cell?

  15 hr 29 min ago - Penicillin kills bacteria by interfering with the ability to ...

• Why do you get lymph nodes?

  15 hr 31 min ago - Lymph nodes function to filter fluids, catching viruses, bact...

• Can dogs eat eggs?

  15 hr 32 min ago - Eggs, in moderation, are okay as long as they are cooked. Raw...

• How do endospores help bacteria survive?

  15 hr 33 min ago - Endospores are inactive and are used by bacteria to survive t...

• Why is it possible for a transgenic bacteria to produce insulin by inserting a human gene for insulin into its DNA?

  15 hr 39 min ago - The bacteria is "tricked" if you will into producing insulin ...

• Why would you want to insert the gene for human growth hormone into bacteria?

  15 hr 43 min ago - In 1979, scientists at Genentech produced human growth hormon...

• What was the original use of the appendix?

  16 hr 34 min ago - The appendix acted as a "good safe house" for bacteria essent...

• How does the structure and function of bacteriophages make these viruses useful tools for genetic engineering?

  16 hr 56 min ago - Bacteriophages harmless to humans and can be studied easily. ...

• Does bleach kill flowers?

  16 hr 57 min ago - Bleach is a poison, if overused will quickly kill your flower...

• What makes up poop?

  16 hr 59 min ago - Poop is mostly made up of water, some 75% of it. The remainin...

• Can yo explain how the evolution of aerobic organisms depend on a metabolic product of cyanobacteria?

  17 hr 11 min ago - Cyano bacteria is like the tree's of prehistory, before trees...

• Can you identify one beneficial and one harmful role of gram-positive enteric bacteria found in the human body?

  17 hr 15 min ago - In humans, enteric bacteria secrete Vitamin K and Vitamin B12...

• Are bacteria composed of eukaryotic cells?

  17 hr 17 min ago - No, eukaryotic cells are found in animals, plants, algae, pro...

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