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Foundations in Microbiology, 4/e
Kathleen Park Talaro, Pasadena City College
Arthur Talaro

From Atoms to Cells: A Chemical Connection

Supplemental Quiz

1. What chemical properties of membranes result in their biological function?

2. Defend the statement "life on earth is a function of the uniqueness of the carbon atom".

3. Diagram the polymerization of a small polypeptide and a small oligosaccharide. What common mechanism is shared by the two? For what is the byproduct used? How then are the polymers degraded?