At each stage of production, sterility of the preparation is a major consideration. when considering appropriate measures to implement to control microbial growth, one must think about the susceptibility of possible microbial contaminants. apply your knowledge of the structural features of microbes and the mechanisms of action for antimicrobial agents to rank the following microbes according to their susceptibility. a. gram posb. gram negc. eveloped virusesd. endosporese. prions

least susceptible:

prions

>endospores

>gram-negative bacteria

> gram-positive bacteria

>enveloped virus

Explanation:

Prions:

Are well resistant to ultraviolet radiation that destroys the nucleic acid and inactivates viruses as they lack nucleic acid

Endospores: Could resist most agents that kills the vegetative cells most microbes are formed from. 

Gram-negative bacteria: Has higher resistance to antibiotics than Gram-positive due to its outer membrane

The gram positive bacteria: Lack outer membrane and are more susceptible to antibiotics.

Enveloped viruses: Its outer lipid layer of glycoprotein and lipoproteins (envelop) are well neutralized easily

4.) metal

"-the movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back to the environment

-carbon is the essential component of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates (which make up all organisms)

-carbon exists in air, water, and living organisms

-producers convert carbon dioxide in the atmosphere into carbohydrates during photosynthesis

-bacteria in the atmosphere cycles through the system in filtration units

-in cellular respiration, carbon is released back into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide

-some carbon is stored in limestone (forming one of the largest "carbon sinks" on earth)

-largest carbon reservoir on earth= limestone

-carbon stored in the bodies of organisms as fat, oils, or other molecules may be released into the soil or air when the organism dies

-this may form deposits of coal, oil, or natural gas (fossil fuels, which increased the atmospheric carbon dioxide)

-fossil fuels store carbon left over from bodies of organisms that died millions of years ago

-they are located in the surface of earth, deep within the earth and beneath the ocean floor."