A strong headline includes: 

What do you think is the biggest misconception about journalism/news media? 

Group 1: Describe the purpose of each plasmid component listed below. (one sentence max per component) Ori/Ter regions Inducible promoter Multiple cloning site (MCS) Proteolytic clevage site Green fluorescent protein (GFP) Affinity tag Constitutive promoter upstream of antibiotic resistance gene

Group 1: You are also curious whether the S. goldii produces any antibiotics or antimicrobials. So you use [15a]  , an -omics technique, to identify all of the genes present in the microbe and [15b] , an -omics technique that measures RNA expression.

A crime story about a stolen car in a big city is newsworthy. 

Group 3: Infections with this microbe are often treated with antibiotics.

The sum of n Bernoulli trials has what distribution?

Group 3: The causative microbe is an enveloped virus with single stranded RNA genome.  Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding this virus? (choose all that apply)

Question Group 1:   You are studying the human microbiome and you are particularly interested in the microorganisms found in the large intestine.  You isolate a microbe from a stool sample in the lab and name it Stedwards goldii.   Answer questions 1-22 based on this organism and experiments described later in the questions.

Group 1: Based on the annotated genome in Question 16 answer the following questions. This is an example of what type of control mechanism(s)? (five words max) Explain what is happening at the regulatory region on a molecular level when yfg is being transcribed.  Be sure to include all relevant proteins and their role in your description. (six sentences max) Please, label your answers A-B.