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What is one key difference between meiosis and mitosis?  

MSA contains mannitol and a pH indicator to identify organisms that can break down mannitol, which is a sugar alcohol.  If Mannitol is utilized/broken down, it will result in a pH change to a(n) ___________. 

Which of the following statements regarding the currently available fossil record is false?

When a virus invades a bacteria and replicates while allowing the host cell to remain alive and to replicate it is called the Lysogenic Cycle.

What was the name of this instrument used in the Turbidity test in our Bacteria Growth Lab?  

Your professor handed you a test tube of 10.0ml of an E.coli culture and asked you to conduct a serial dilution out to 10-4 of the culture.  Please explain how you would accomplish this with a 1:10 ratio.  

Put the steps of the Lytic Cycle in order:

If you wanted to determine if your organism could ferment lactose, which metabolic test from the unknown lab would you use to obtain this result?

A(n) ____________________ is a gene or part of a genome, which can be altered by something like a virus , that has cancer-causing alterations to the cell. 

Mannitol Salt Agar (MSA) Plates are both a selective and differential medium.  What is in the agar that gives the media its selective property?