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
Answer:C
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