Describe how you could use two LB/agar plates, some E. coli, and some ampicillin to determine how E. coli cells are affected by

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Describe how you could use two LB/agar plates, some E. coli, and some ampicillin to determine how E. coli cells are affected by

ampicillin.

Chemistry

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KiRa [710] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-24T17:04:49+03:00

Answer:

For this experiment we are going to take plate 1 as the control plate, so, in it there will be just E. coli in LB/agar; in plate 2, we are going to put E. coli in LB/agar and some ampicillin. Then, we have to wait for the E. coli colonies to form. After a while, the E. coli growth can be compared on both plates and determine if ampicillin affects or not the E. coli colonies.

Explanation:

If the ampicillin affects negatively E. coli colonies, we are going to observe that in plate 1 (control plate) there are E. coli colonies growing, but in plate 2, there is no E. coli colonies or, at least, there is a fewer number of colonies on it. If ampicillin doesn't affect E.coli, plate 1 (control) and plate 2 (ampicillin experiment) are going to be similar in number of colonies.