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The gene that makes “penicillinase” could be called an “antibiotic resistance gene” because…. ?

What technique is used to increase the amount of DNA in a sample in a test tube?

A chemoautotroph can “make its own food”, using inorganic substances as their carbon source, but for their energy source, they use _____

Applications of GMOs include ______

Consider any given “catalyst” used in a microbe’s metabolism.  What is NOT true of a catalyst? 

An enzyme could specifically be ______

Which of the following COULD be an example of a “GMO”, in the literal sense of the definition?

What is/are the component(s) of any nucleotide (subunit of DNA or RNA)?

Some microbes have the enzyme ________ which turns the superoxide ion into hydrogen peroxide and oxygen.

Most microbes that are pathogenic to humans are ________