A gram stain of a peritoneal fluid showed large gram positive bacilli. There was 3+ growth on anaerobic media only, with colonies producing a double zone of hemolysis. To assist with the classic identification of the organism, the microbiologist could:

a. determine if the organism ferments glucose
b. perform the oxidase test
c. set up egg yolk agar plate
d, test for bile tolerance

Provide one reason why mitosis occurs.

The diagram below represents a marine food web and a process that can harm the human population. each circle represents an organism and the smaller dots inside them represent a toxic substance. what is being represented and how does it harm the population? the diagram represents biological half-life, in which toxins build up in organisms higher up on the food chain, and this can negatively impact humans who consume the organisms and the toxic substance. the diagram represents biomagnification, in which toxins build up in organisms higher up on the food chain, and this can negatively impact humans who consume the organisms and the toxic substance. the diagram represents the process by which different organisms prey upon each other; this can impact the human population by reducing the number of organisms that do not contain the toxin. the diagram represents the way that toxins are metabolized by living organisms, with those at greater trophic levels able to metabolize more efficiently than those at lower levels. this means that those at higher tropic levels are safer for humans to consume compared to the organisms at lower trophic levels.

Consider an organism that is eukaryotic, found in both unicellular and multicellular forms, may resemble a plant but is not photosynthetic, has chitin in its cell walls, and absorbs organic nutrients from decomposing material in the environment. this organism would be classified as which of the following types of organisms? a. fungib. protozoac. bacteriad. archaea