I'm a tenth grader in a biology honors class and i need a way to do this in an advanced manner for a project worth 200 points. Any ideas are aprechiated and i'd love it if you didn't post any stupid comments like "i don't know." Only answer if you do know please.
2006-11-09 13:29:48 · 8 answers · asked by Skittles-Dark Edition 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
If you didn't have to physically show it, the best way would be introducing a virus into the bacteria and force it to transplant some of its own genetic material into the bacteria. (Cancer Cells)
2006-11-10 18:47:46 · answer #1 · answered by Moebius 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In terms of a 10th grade project, short wave UV and time are your best options.
You might might might be able to convince someone to let you use their tanning bed to make the UV thing work better than using sunlight.
If you are somehow able to get access to a tanning bed, you can do some more indepth science due to the constant UV output.
You can plot mutations (however you choose to measure them)by varying the amount of time and use that to help you come up with a fairly detailed analysis of your results.
2006-11-10 12:16:15 · answer #2 · answered by John V 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well to produce mutaions in bacteria varios methods are available. Here is the list
Chemical methods : It is acheived by using a chemical agent
Physical agent : By using radiations eg X-Rays or UV rays
Molecular Biology method : site directed mutagenesis.
The third one is very precise and you can make a mutation in desired gene and at desired location
2006-11-09 23:57:33 · answer #3 · answered by Indian Friend 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, of course the simplest way would be to just let the bacteria reproduce naturally.
You could also introduce the bacteria to chemicals and things like radiation, just to mess them up even more.
2006-11-09 21:33:24 · answer #4 · answered by Mike C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would suspect that short exposures in a microwave oven might induce some mutations. Be careful with UV, because it makes them sick, or, uh, dead.
2006-11-09 21:41:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
endogenous or spontaneous mutations
induced mutations
by using these two ways we can produced bacterial mutation
2006-11-09 22:49:30 · answer #6 · answered by purush bio 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Irradiation, chemicals, heat, viral vectors, etc,etc.
2006-11-09 21:34:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It would be safest to use a UV (black) light, or sunlight.
2006-11-09 21:35:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋