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what happened in 1915

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Frederick Twort

unknown antimicrobial may have viral origin

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what happened in 1917

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Felix d’Herelle

invisible ‘microbe’ from dysentery patients

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what happened in 1919

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Marketed phage products to treat dysentery, cholera

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what happened in 1921

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Staphylococcus phage therapy publication

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5
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what happened in 1928

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Discovery of penicillin

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what happened in 1930s – present

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Phage as model genetic systems

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what happened in 1990s - present

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Renewed interest in phage therapy due to antimicrobial resistance

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8
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what happened in 1920s - present

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Phage therapy

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9
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what are green algae also called

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chlorophytes

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10
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why are red alage red coloured

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phycoerythrin

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11
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what are red algae also called

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rhodophytes

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12
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what happens to mushroom and other basidiomycetes

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vegetative and sexual reproduction

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13
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what is thought to be the earliest fungal lineage

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Chytridiomycetes

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14
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what are chlorarachniophytes

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Phototrophic amoeba-like organism that has a flagellum for dispersal

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15
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how are cercozoans and radiolarians distinguished from other protists

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threadlike pseudopodia

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16
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what is golden algae (a and c) called

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chrysophytes

17
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what are amoebozoa

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Terrestrial and aquatic protists that use pseudopodia for movement and feeding

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what is golden algae (a and c) called

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chrysophytes

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what are gymnamoebas

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Free-living; inhabit soil and aquatic environments

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how are gymnamoebas moved

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amoeboid movement

actin mediated cytoplasmic streaming

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what are entamoebas

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Parasites of vertebrates and invertebrates

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what do all glomeromycetes form

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All known species form endo-mycorrhizae with the roots of herbaceous plants

23
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what has Batrachochytrium done

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been implicated in massive die-off of amphibians

24
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what are FLAVR SAVR GM used for to change tomato traits

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Delayed softening through suppression of polygalacturonase (PG, pectin hydrolase) enzyme activity by antisense mRNA

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what is the trait introduction method for FLAVR SAVR tomatoes

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Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated plant transformation

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what is the proposed use of FLAVR SAVR for GM tomatoes

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Production of tomatoes for human consumption, either fresh or processed. This transgenic tomato line is no longer commercialized

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