Question 1. Culture-independent techniques in microbial ecology

(a) Describe and interpret the results of the study with appropriate references to the literature.

Question 2. Culture-dependent techniques in microbial ecology

(a) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of culture-based techniques such as enrichment cultures in microbial ecology with appropriate references to the literature.

(b) Describe the experiment that you would conduct to confirm that these isolates can degrade phenanthrene. Remember to include appropriate controls.

Articles:

1. Manipulation of the Quorum Sensing Signal AI-2 Affects the Antibiotic-Treated Gut Microbiota by Jessica Ann Thompson, Rita Almeida Oliveira, Carles Ubeda, Karina Bivar Xavier

2. Isolation and Characterization of Phenanthrene Degrading Bacteria from Diesel Fuel-Contaminated Antarctic Soils by Alejandro Gran-Scheuch, Edwar Fuentes, Denisse M. Bravo, Juan Cristobal Jiménez, and José M. Pérez-Donoso1.

Please use Harvard reference style.

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