Place the steps of the kirby-bauer method of antibiotic susceptibility testing in the order in which they are performed
What will be an ideal response?
Answer:
1. using a cotton-tipped swab, inoculate a plate of mueller-hinton agar with the bacteria to be tested, covering all surfaces of the plate in order to develop a lawn of growth
2. place antibiotic disks onto the surface of the inoculated plate, and tap slightly so that they will adhere to the surface
3. incubate the inverted plate at 37 degrees C overnight
4. observe plate and measure diameters of the zones of inhibition
5. compare diameters to chart of interpretive criteria
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Using the drawing of mRNA below, choose the letter that best fits the description. This region contains codons for the amino acid sequence of the translated protein. ____
What will be an ideal response?
Since the whole genome sequencing method eliminates the need for constructing physical and genetic maps, this
method is _____. a. superior for linkage studies b. the only sequencing method currently used in genomics research c. faster than the map-based sequencing method d. more accurate than the map-based sequencing method e. less accurate than the map-based sequencing method
Which cross shows both parents having two different alleles for each of two different genes?
A) AAbb × aaBB B) aabb × AABB C) AaBb × AaBb D) AaBB × AABb
Motor proteins require which of the following to function in the movement of chromosomes toward the poles of the mitotic spindle?
A) intact centromeres B) a microtubule-organizing center C) ATP as an energy source D) synthesis of cohesin