25 Marks: points
BTEC 3301 Lab Quiz 1 Samples only Time : 30 mins
1. Which of these phrases best describes transformation? A. The process of genetically changing a living thing. B. The process of changing a living thing. C. The process of changing blood of a living thing. D. none of the above 2. During the course of an E. coli transformation laboratory, a student forgot to mark the
culture tube that received the kanamycin-resistant plasmids. The student proceeds with the laboratory because he thinks that he will be able to determine from his results which culture tube contained cells that may have undergone transformation. Which plate would be most likely to indicate transformed cells? A. plate with a lawn of cells growing on LB agar with kanamycin B. plate with a lawn of cells on growing LB agar without kanamycin C. plate with 100 colonies growing on LB agar with kanamycin D. plate with 100 colonies growing on LB agar without kanamycin
3. A student has forgotten which antibiotic plasmid she used in her E. coli transformation. It could have been kanamycin, ampicillin, or tetracycline. She decides to make up a special set of plates to determine the type of antibiotic used. The plates below show the results of the test. Which antibiotic plasmid ha...