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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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16. What is the advantage of...Ch. 18 - Prob. 17RQCh. 18 - Design an experiment for measuring the activity of...Ch. 18 - You wish to know whether Archaea exist in a lake...Ch. 18 - Design an experiment to solve the following...Ch. 18 - Design a SIP experiment that would allow you to...
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