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A Molecular Microbiologist Identified a Unique Sequence of DNA Causing

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A molecular microbiologist identified a unique sequence of DNA causing an amino acid shift mutation within the gene encoding for peptidoglycan transpeptidase in a clinical strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Summarize what this molecule does and hypothesize what benefit it could have to an organism.


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Implicit Costs

Costs that are not directly paid out or incurred in money but represent the opportunity cost of using resources owned by the firm for its own production instead of renting them out or selling.

Explicit Costs

Direct, out-of-pocket payments made by a business for resources and services used in production.

Incremental Cost

The additional cost associated with producing one more unit of a product or service.

Marginal Cost

The increase or decrease in the total cost of a product when the production volume is increased by one unit.

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