All of the following are or can be produced by microbes except
A) consumer products like biodegradable plastics.
B) food like chocolate.
C) electronics like computer memory.
D) biofuels like diesel.
E) drugs like penicillin.
Answer: C
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Where does the Calvin cycle occur?
a. thylakoid membrane b. thylakoid lumen c. stromal lamellae
d. cytosol e. stroma
The use of SNPs for analyzing genomes is
based on a. the nucleotide base pairing in the SNPs. b. the types of nucleotides in the SNPs. c. differences in SNPs among individuals. d. the ratio of purines to pyrimidines in SNPs. e. bonding patterns between nucleotides in the SNPs.
Which of the following statements correctly describes reverse genetics?
A) A mutated phenotype in an organism leads to the associated gene. B) A mutated gene is introduced into an organism to determine the phenotype. C) A gene is studied to understand the protein it encodes. D) A transcript is used to make a protein encoded by a gene. E) A gene is identified by bioinformatics.
Bacteria containing recombinant plasmids are often identified by which process?
A. removing the DNA of all cells in a culture to see which cells have plasmids B. examining the cells with an electron microscope C. exposing the bacteria to an antibiotic that kills the cells lacking the plasmid D. producing antibodies specific for each bacterium containing a recombinant plasmid E. using radioactive tracers to locate the plasmids