BROCK BIOL OF MICRO-ACCESS W/EBOOK
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Author: MADIGAN
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Chapter 18, Problem 2AQ
You wish to know whether Archaea exist in a lake water sample but are unsuccessful in culturing any. Using techniques described in this chapter, how could you determine whether Archaea exist in the sample, and if they do, what proportion of the cells in the lake sample are Archaea?
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Ch. 18.1 - Describe the enrichment strategy behind...Ch. 18.1 - Why is sulfate (So42) added to a Winogradsky...Ch. 18.1 - What is enrichment bias? How does dilution reduce...Ch. 18.2 - How does the agar dilution method differ from...Ch. 18.2 - How might you isolate a morphologically unique...Ch. 18.2 - What is meant by high-throughput in culturing...Ch. 18.3 - How does viability staining differ from stains...Ch. 18.3 - Prob. 2MQCh. 18.3 - Why is it incorrect to say that the GFP is a...Ch. 18.4 - What structure in the cell is the target for...
Ch. 18.4 - FISH and CARD-FISH can be used to reveal different...Ch. 18.5 - What could you conclude from PCR/DGGE analysis of...Ch. 18.5 - What surprising finding has come out of many...Ch. 18.6 - MINIQUIZ
• What is a phylochip and what can it...Ch. 18.6 - What are the advantages and disadvantages of...Ch. 18.6 - Prob. 3MQCh. 18.7 - Prob. 1MQCh. 18.7 - How do environmental genomic approaches differ...Ch. 18.7 - Prob. 3MQCh. 18.8 - Prob. 1MQCh. 18.8 - If a large pulse of organic matter entered the...Ch. 18.9 - Prob. 1MQCh. 18.9 - What is the simplest explanation for why lunar...Ch. 18.9 - What is the expected isotopic composition of...Ch. 18.10 - How could NanoSIMS be used to identify a...Ch. 18.10 - Prob. 2MQCh. 18.10 - How does MAR-FISH link microbial diversity and...Ch. 18.11 - How can stable isotope probing reveal the identity...Ch. 18.11 - What key method is required to do genomics on a...Ch. 18.11 - Prob. 3MQCh. 18 - Prob. 1RQCh. 18 - Prob. 2RQCh. 18 - Prob. 3RQCh. 18 - Prob. 4RQCh. 18 - Prob. 5RQCh. 18 - Prob. 6RQCh. 18 - Prob. 7RQCh. 18 - Prob. 8RQCh. 18 - Prob. 9RQCh. 18 - REVIEW QUESTIONS
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