The content below is my homework. My answer was criticized by "Grammary" that it is too wordy. How do you think about that? How can I improve? Thank you~ 1. Q: A microbiologist isolated a microbe from seawater and found it is not sensitive to lysozyme, wh (2024)

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@Miyaji_0104

Lysozyme catalyzes the hydrolysis of 1,4-beta-linkages between N-acetylmuramic acid and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues in peptidoglycan, which is the major component of the bacterial cell wall. If a microbe is not sensitive to lysozyme, the microbiologist can postulate that (the microbe’s cell wall is not) composed (of) peptidoglycan, or (that other mechanisms somehow) (protect it from lysosome activity). Therefore, he can conclude that the microbe he isolated [is a Gram-(negative) bacteria]. ...(either that it is a gram negative bacteria or not bacterial at all).

Bacteria move using flagella. In the liquid environment, flagella rotate counterclockwise (to move forward or) clockwise (to stops moving forward), (causing it to) tumble randomly. Archaea use flagella (also, but) clockwise rotation pushes an archaeon forward, while counterclockwise rotation pulls it backward. Eukaryotes also have flagella, which move in a characteristic whiplike manner to push the cell forward.

Your answers are perfectly fine. Grammarly is not really meant to interpret very technically-dense material like this. I would just be careful not to plagiarize. Generally, more than four consecutive words taken directly from your source is considered plagiarism by most style guides. I tried to show you a few examples in parentheses of how you could rephrase it using more simple language

Hope that helps!

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• English (US)

@Miyaji_0104

Lysozyme catalyzes the hydrolysis of 1,4-beta-linkages between N-acetylmuramic acid and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues in peptidoglycan, which is the major component of the bacterial cell wall. If a microbe is not sensitive to lysozyme, the microbiologist can postulate that (the microbe’s cell wall is not) composed (of) peptidoglycan, or (that other mechanisms somehow) (protect it from lysosome activity). Therefore, he can conclude that the microbe he isolated [is a Gram-(negative) bacteria]. ...(either that it is a gram negative bacteria or not bacterial at all).

Bacteria move using flagella. In the liquid environment, flagella rotate counterclockwise (to move forward or) clockwise (to stops moving forward), (causing it to) tumble randomly. Archaea use flagella (also, but) clockwise rotation pushes an archaeon forward, while counterclockwise rotation pulls it backward. Eukaryotes also have flagella, which move in a characteristic whiplike manner to push the cell forward.

Your answers are perfectly fine. Grammarly is not really meant to interpret very technically-dense material like this. I would just be careful not to plagiarize. Generally, more than four consecutive words taken directly from your source is considered plagiarism by most style guides. I tried to show you a few examples in parentheses of how you could rephrase it using more simple language

Hope that helps!

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Thank you. That helps a lot!