Q156 / 160 · JIPMER 2007 · Zoology

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

  • Correct answer
    A
    only on plates with streptomycin
  • B
    on plates with minimal medium
  • C
    only on plates without streptomycin
  • D
    on plates with and without streptomycin

Solution

Plates having streptomycin allow to propagate only those bacteria, which are resistant to the antibiotic.

Hence, the correct answer is option: 'A'.

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