Differentiate between macronutrients and micronutrients

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1. List the essential nutrients and differentiate between macronutrients and micronutrients.

2. Describe the categories of organisms based on their carbon and energy sources.

3. Compare osmosis and diffusion and explain the effects of isotonic, hypotonic, and hypertonic conditions on cell wall containing and cell wall deficient microorganisms.

4. Describe the passive and active transport processes used by cells including endocytosis.

5. List and define ?ve terms used to express the temperature-related growth capabilities of microbes. How does temperature affect metabolism, enzymatic activity, and membrane structure?

6. Explain how oxygen can be fatal to organisms and describe how organisms protect themselves from toxic forms of oxygen. Discuss how it affects their growth in thioglycolate media.

7. Describe and give an example for each of the 5 associations between microorganisms.

8. Describe what occurs at each phase of a population's growth in a bacterial growth curve.

9. Discuss the methods of measuring bacterial growth and the limitations of each method.

10. Explain the process of binary fission and discuss how the generation time or doubling time of bacteria impacts the development of diseases.

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