Briefly describe a source of inoculum and enrichment conditions that you might t

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Briefly describe a source of inoculum and enrichment conditions that you might try in order to help isolate the following types of organisms. Note that in these simple scenarios we are looking for your logic in selection of the inoculum and in the basic construction of an artificial environment that will help to enrish your target organism. This question asks that you apply the same logic that Beijerinck applied to the nitrogen fixing populations.

a.) an organism that can degrade toluene in an aquifer

b.) an autotroph capable of photosynthesis in cold temperatures

c.) a pathogen that affects the leaves of bean plants in tropical areas

d.) an organism thought to cause skin lesions in an Artic marine fish population

Explanation / Answer

a. Pseudomonas fluorescens, Rhodoferax spp.,

b. Arabidopsis thaliana

c. Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. phaseoli (Xap), Pseudomonas syringae pv.

d.Gadus morhua ), haddock ( Melanogrammus aeglefinus ), hake ( Merluccius spp.), and ling ( Molva molva ),

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