POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION QUIZ

separating the different rRNA gene sequences in the mixture

none of these

preventing contamination by outside DNA

the amplification process

insufficient enzyme and time to synthesize mass quantity of DNA

reduction in substrate concentration

all of these

build up of PCR product which competes with primers for hybrid formation

c DNA

r RNA

m DNA

t RNA

whether the bacterium is motile

the species to which the bacteria are most closely related

the type of energy metabolism the bacterium has

morphology of the bacterium

five steps

two steps

three steps

four steps

HIV-1 and HIV-2 viruses

All of these

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Hepatitis B virus

E. coli DNA polymerase

all of these

Taq polymerase

E. coli RNA polymerase

RNA

single stranded DNA

double stranded DNA

none of these