The relationship between activation energy and the rate constant of the reaction, k, is given by the Arrhenius equation

Arrhenius equation

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#Unit 12. Applied Biology

The bacterium Alcanivorax borkumensis grows only on hydrocarbons, fatty acids, or pyruvate. This organism produces surfactant chemicals that help break up the oil and solubilize it.

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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

Dictyostelium can utilize one of three survival strategies when food starvation-

Microcyst formation, favoured in dark & wet conditions, or ammonia levels are high.

Zygote formation, favoured in dark & wet conditions, & is triggered by ethylene produced by the cells. 

Cell aggregation & differentiation

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Single intron that is located just one nucleotide beyond the 3’ side of the anticodon

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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

Competence 

The ability to respond to a specific inductive signal

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Sequences that are involved with termination are called ter sites. A ter site contains a short, -23-bp sequence.