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how would you change the bacterias environment on a LB plate to best tell if the

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Question

how would you change the bacterias environment on a LB plate to best tell if the bacteria are ampicillin resistant without using ampicillin and how would you identify them? how would you change the bacterias environment on a LB plate to best tell if the bacteria are ampicillin resistant without using ampicillin and how would you identify them? how would you change the bacterias environment on a LB plate to best tell if the bacteria are ampicillin resistant without using ampicillin and how would you identify them? how would you change the bacterias environment on a LB plate to best tell if the bacteria are ampicillin resistant without using ampicillin and how would you identify them?

Explanation / Answer

The best test is to take some of the bacteria growing on the LB plate and streak them on a LB/amp plate. If the bacteria are viable on the LB/amp plate, then they are resistant to ampicillin. If no bacterial colonies survive, then

they were not ampicillin resistant.