You Would Like to Test the Hypothesis That Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea

question 47

Multiple Choice

You would like to test the hypothesis that ammonia-oxidizing Archaea are more active and abundant than ammonia-oxidizing Bacteria in coastal marine water. What technique(s) or experiment(s) could you use to test this hypothesis?

• A) environmental proteomics
• B) fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH)
• C) stable isotope probing using ¹⁵N labeled ammonia
• D) stable isotope ratios of ammonia and nitrite

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