Name the five lead types. 

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.