Microbiology: An Introduction
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780321929150
Author: Gerard J. Tortora, Berdell R. Funke, Christine L. Case
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 10, Problem 5MCQ
You could identify an unknown bacterium by all of the following except
- a. hybridizing a DNA probe from a known bacterium with the unknown’s DNA.
- b. making a fatty acid profile of the unknown.
- c. specific antiserum agglutinating the unknown.
- d. ribosomal RNA sequencing.
- e. percentage of guanine + cytosine.
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