The main aspect used to differ coniferous tree are their leaves. Coniferous leaves look like elongated needles, instead of the regular flatend out leaves we're used to
Further characteristics:
Seeds are hard and grow in large groups, stuck to eachother.
Coniferous are evergreen trees (don't shed leaves nor change the colour of these, although this rule does not apply to all of them).
They have spread worldwide.
Can withstand low temperaurees and can be found even in places like the Artic circle.
I've pasted some images down below that might help you a lot. (Left - leaves; Right - coniferous trees).
Hope it helped,
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"Contaminated hospital equipment represents a difficult environment to control harmful microbial growth. Regarding influences that affect disinfection of hospital equipment, which of the following is an accurate statement?
- Biofilms, often found contaminating hospital equipment, are relatively simple targets for biocides to reach effectively.
- The presence of organic matter, such as dried blood or protein, will not affect the action of antimicrobial agents.
- Antimicrobial agents work best under reduced temperatures.
- The cell walls of gram-negative bacteria are especially resistant to many chemical that are used to destroy microbes.
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Biofilms are extracellular matrix formed by organisms. They are slimy and are used to attach to surfaces. They are made of polysachharides and form a barrier of protection against disinfectants. Therefore, they make it difficult to decontaminate surfaces.
Organic matter like dried blood or protein also affect the action of antimicrobial agents. Organic matter may form a layer that would reduce the access of the disinfection to the organism.
Antimicrobial agents are affected by temperature and have optimum temperature of action. Some get denatured by heat while some are unaffected. The temperature an antibiotic works will also depend on the organism and its mode of action.
Gram negative bacteria have shown resistance to more antimicrobials.
All species started from one thing before branching off and changing their genetics, slowly, as time progressed; this is the process of evolving. Most times it has an effect on physical characteristics as well.
Answer:
The earth has different layers because as it formed, the lighter parts (like continental crust) floated to the surface, and the really heavy parts (like iron and nickel in the core) sank to the middle. It is just like when you mix oil and water: the oil will float to the surface because it is lighter (or less dense) than the water.
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The codons show genetic codes, made up of triplet of nucleotides in DNA or RNA that code for specific amino acids. The different codes can code for a same a amino acid. When a substitutional mutation occurs in genetic material, it shows substitution of one nucleotide pair for another and leads to formation of a different codon.
The first mutation that leads to CAU to CAC, it will not show any potential damage as both CAU and CAC codons code for histidine amino acid.
The second mutation that leads to UGU to UGC will also not show any damage to protein as both of these codons code for cysteine amino acid.
The third codon, that results UCU to UUU will cause a potential damage to protein as UUU codes for phenyl alanine (an aromatic, non-polar amino acid) and UCU codes for serine (a polar amino acid).
Thus, the correct answer is 'option C).' as in a protein, substitution of serine with phenylalanine will lead to change in structure and function of that protein.
