Fluorescent in Situ Hybridization (FISH) Has Become a Valuable Tool

question 17

Multiple Choice

Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) has become a valuable tool for environmental microbiologists for all of the following reasons except

• A) To demonstrate the diversity of microbes in an environment.
• B) To observe microbes in their natural environment in association with other microbes.
• C) To detect uncultured microbes.
• D) To obtain pure cultures of microbes.
• E) All of the above.

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