14. Which compound can block the growth and reproduction of bacteria?

A. lysogenic infection
B. bacteriophage
C. antibiotic
D. virus
E. prokaryote
F. prophage
G. pathogen
H. lytic infection
I. binary fission
J. vaccine
K. capsid

C

Which compound can block the growth and reproduction of bacteria?

Antibiotics are compounds that block the growth and reproduction of bacteria.

step 1: nitrogen fixation- conversion of atmospheric no₂ into forms useful to plants by lightning, bacteria, and cyanobacteria.

step 2: nitrification-process of converting ammonia to nitrite or nitrate.

step 3: assimilation-plant roots absorb new form of nitrogen.

step 4: ammonification-conversion of organic nitrogen to ammonia by bacteria involved in decomposition.

step 5: denitrification-bacteria turns the decomposed matter back into n₂o, which is released into atmosphere; repeat cycle.

c should be the answer