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    Mixed Culture 16s rRNA Analysis Q&A

    I have a mixed culture plate and I want to do 16s rRNA analysis on it and I have a few questions. First of all there are no visible colonies, but I know bacteria is growing. Do I just take a small chunk of the medium and do PCR on it with universal primers (I have a procedure for this step)...
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    What does it mean that acid is produced from ____ by bacteria?

    What does it mean that "acid is produced from ____" by bacteria? I've identified a bacteria (specifically stephococcus thermophilis) and am using Bergey’s Manual® of Systematic Bacteriology to learn more about it. The manual states S. Thermophilis produces acid from glucose, but not from...
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    [P CHem] HCL/DCL r and p branch J value assignment

    I'm stuck here too! How do you go from wave numbers to j values. What's the difference between j and j'?