Staphylococcus aureus is a spherical cell approximately 1.0 |μm in diameter. Assuming it is almost entirely water with a density of 1 g/mL, compute
a. The mass of the bacterium in kg
b. The mass of the bacterium in kD
c. The number of water molecules it contains
d. How many S. aureus in a row would it take to circle the Earth? (Earth radius at the equator is 6378.1 km.)
e. The surface area in m2
f. The number of phospholipid molecules in its plasma membrane, assuming each lipid molecule has an area of 0.50 nm2
We need at least 10 more requests to produce the solution.
0 / 10 have requested this problem solution
The more requests, the faster the answer.