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Complete the sentence: Both Leeuwenhoek and Pasteur played major roles in the field of microbiology. Most have claimed that Leeuwenhoek ___________________ and Pasteur  _____________________.

The RPR assay tests for the presence of what lipid in the blood of patients who are suspected to be infected with T. pallidum?

Which of the following approaches to microscopy can magnify images by nearly 1,000,000-fold and in 3 dimensions?

Complete the sentence: The outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria contains a non-canonical fat referred to as _________________.

Complete the question: The production of this immunogenic cell envelope component by the Gram-positive pathogen, Staphylococcus aureus, can lead to life-threatening blood infections in humans. 

Membranes of the deadly protozoan Apicomplexa can contain upwards of 55% ergosterol when grown in human blood. Which of the following represents a logical hypothesis based on this observation?

Most prokaryotes fall within what range of size in micrometers?

Using the picture below, choose the correct order of bacterial aggregates from left to right:

Complete the sentence:  _____________________ is/are used to detect specific genes in a community of microbes by FISH.

5). How many chromosomes are in a human sperm?