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Discuss the Chemical Nature of Mycolic Acids and Some of the Traits

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Discuss the chemical nature of mycolic acids and some of the traits they confer to organisms that possess them.


Definitions:

Metarteriole

One of the small peripheral blood vessels that contain scattered groups of smooth muscle fibers in their walls; located between the arterioles and the true capillaries.

Nutrients

Substances obtained from food that are essential for growth, metabolism, and overall health.

Gases

Substances that exist in the gaseous state at standard temperature and pressure.

Capillaries

Microscopic blood vessels that facilitate the exchange of water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and many other nutrients and waste substances between the blood and tissues.

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