Which Taxonomic Tool Would Scientists Use If They Wanted to Determine

question 25

Multiple Choice

Which taxonomic tool would scientists use if they wanted to determine if an outbreak of food poisoning was caused by a particular strain of a pathogen?

• A) fluorescence in situ hybridization
• B) DNA-DNA hybridization
• C) multilocus sequence typing
• D) fatty acid methyl ester analysis

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