Blue Bromothymol indicator will turn to green then to yellow when CO2 is added.When O2 is added, no effect is noticed in the Blue Bromothymol because Oxygen doesnot affect the pH.

In a summary, the color indication follows;

Yellow-to indicate acidic
Green-for neutral solutions
Blue-for alkaline solutions.

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3 years ago

The nucleoside analogue acyclovir, which is used to treat herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections, lacks a 3′ hydroxyl group (–OH)

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Answer:

There won't be any functional viral DNA synthesis

Explanation:

First of all, you must consider that the HSV has a double-stranded, linear DNA genome. Furthermore, the DNA skeleton is made of the 5'-3' phosphodiester bond. In other words, the 5-phosphat of a nucleotide will bond the 3' OH of the Deoxyribose (see image).

Therefore, if you add a molecule which lacks the 3' OH, such as acyclovir, and has a similar chemical structure to a regular nucleotide, the DNA polimerase will be able to add acyclovir to the main backbone of the viral genome. All in all, you'd be ''cheating'' the DNA pol.

Hence, wherever acyclovir was integrated, there won't be any chance to form a 5'-3' phosphodiester bond. The protomolecule will not be stable and will soon be degradated.