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Question #1

In this lab you will be using Synechococcus elongatus, a type of _____.

A. plant

B. Archaea

C. protist

D. cyanobacterium

Question #2

In the strains you will be working with, a gene has been _____.

A. added

B. altered by one base pair

C. deleted

D. altered by one domain

Question #3

All of the experimental strains you will be using have been given genes for ______.

A. kanamycin resistance

B. ampicillin resistance

C. high salt tolerance

D. green fluorescent protein

Question #4

You will use a ______ strain as a control for your experiment.

A. deletion mutant

B. special deletion

C. wild-type (WT)

D. radioactive mutant

Question #5

To set up cultures for your experiment, you will need to find the ____ of your starting cultures.

A. color

B. thickness

C. optical density (OD)

D. temperature