NEET2005ZoologyBiotechnology and Its ApplicationsActual
Using imprints from a plate with complete medium and carrying bacterial colonies, you can select streptomycin resistant mutants and prove that such mutations do not originate as adaptation. These imprints need to be used:
Options
- Aon plates with and without streptomycin
- Bon plates with minimal medium
- Conly on plates with streptomycin
- Donly on plates without streptomycin.
Correct answer
C. only on plates with streptomycin
Step-by-step solution
Plates having streptomycin allow to propagate only those bacteria, which are resistant to the antibiotic. Plates without streptomycin act as control.