The phase of the bacterial growth curve in which newly inoculated cells are adjusting to their new environment, metabolizing but not growing is the  

The chemical found in tears and saliva that hydrolyzes the peptidoglycan in certain bacterial cell walls is  

EXTRA CREDIT QUESTION:  (worth 3 points if correct) Name the levels of organization in the body from the smallest to the largest as discussed in the text:

A sequence of bases within a gene that will be transcribed, but removed from the transcript prior to translation is a/an  

36. Bile is made in the _______ and secreted into the small intestine by the __________________.

RNA polymerase binds to the

The movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration is called  

35. _________________pathways are metabolic pathways that use energy to breakdown complex molecules into simpler ones.

The term that refers to the presence of flagella on both ends of a bacterial cell is

The term facultative refers to