Control plate Test plates Bacteria requiring Bacteria requiring histidine for histidine for growth (His-) growth (His-) Glucose-salts Glucose-salts agar (lacks histidine) agar Liquid without suspected mutagen Liquid containing suspected mutagen Incubation Incubation If chemical is not a mutagen Most remain His- and do not grow If chemical is Spontaneous Hist revertants Many Hist revertant colonies a mutagen Few colonies form. Many colonies form. Few colonies form. FIGURE 8.16 Ames Test to Screen for Mutagens A control plate determines the spontaneous rate of reversion to Hist. If the chemical tested is a mutagen, it will increase the rate of Hist reversion mutations.

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