Adoctor is researching new ways to treat biofilms on artificial joints. which approach would best prevent bacterial colonization of the medical implants?
increase antibiotic dosing
create implants with rougher surfaces
vaccinate patients against all pathogenic bacteria
inhibit quorum sensing

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Select the correct answer. for their summer holiday, jane and her family are visiting places surrounding the mediterranean sea. which type of biome is jane and her family visiting? a. rainforest b. shrubland c. tundra d. coniferous forest reset next

Penicillin is hydrolyzed and thereby rendered inactive by penicillinase (also known as β-lactamase), an enzyme present in some resistant bacteria. the mass of this enzyme in staphylococcus aureus is 29.6 kd. the amount of penicillin hydrolyzed in 1 minute in a 10-ml solution containing 10-9 g of purified penicillinase was measured as a function of the concentration of penicillin. assume that the concentration of penicillin does not change appreciably during the assay. penicillin(μm) amount hydrolyzed(nmol) 1 0.11 3 0.25 5 0.34 10 0.45 30 0.58 50 0.61 (a) plot v0 versus [s] and 1/v0 versus 1/[s] for these data. does penicillinase appear to obey michaelis-menten kinetics? if so, what is the value of km? (b) what is the value of vmax? (c) what is the turnover number of penicillinase under these experimental conditions? assume one active site per enzyme molecule.