Which bacterium causes anthrax, a serious disease affecting humans and animals?
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Bacillus anthracis
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Which bacterium causes anthrax, a serious disease affecting humans and animals?
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Bacillus anthracis
Which bacterium causes gas gangrene most commonly through toxins that destroy muscle tissue?
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Clostridium perfringens
Which bacterium is famous for forming fruiting bodies and cooperative hunting groups?
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Myxococcus xanthus
Which bacterium can generate electricity while transferring electrons to minerals outside its cell?
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Geobacter sulfurreducens
Which microorganism is the most common archaeal member of the human gut microbiome?
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Methanobrevibacter smithii
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Which bacterium causes gas gangrene most commonly through toxins that destroy muscle tissue?
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Clostridium perfringens
Which bacterium is famous for forming fruiting bodies and cooperative hunting groups?
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Myxococcus xanthus
Which bacterium can generate electricity while transferring electrons to minerals outside its cell?
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Geobacter sulfurreducens
Which microorganism is the most common archaeal member of the human gut microbiome?
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Methanobrevibacter smithii
Which bacterium naturally transfers DNA into plant cells, making it a key tool in genetic engineering?
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Agrobacterium tumefaciens
In the 1922 Stern–Gerlach experiment, what happened to a beam of silver atoms passing through a non-uniform magnetic field?
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It split into two beams