16.6: Conclusion and Resources
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Conclusion
Reflect on why transformation is a potential method of increasing antibiotic resistance in populations of bacteria and on how this, and the lab exercise, reinforces the principles of aseptic technique in a hospital, home, lab, etc.
Resources
- Cude, K., Golbert, M. (2015). Transformation. In Bio 107: Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory Manual. 14thEd.: (89-99). College of the Canyons. Adapted and used with permission.
- Griffith, F. “The Significance of Pneumococcal Types.” The Journal of Hygiene 27.2 (1928): 113–159. Print. Web. 12 November 2015 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2167760/
- Avery, O. T., et al. “Studies on the chemical nature of the substance inducing transformation of pneumococcal types: induction of transformation by a desoxyribonucleic acid fraction isolation from pneumococcus type III.” The Journal of Experimental Medicine 79.2 (1944): 137–158. Print. Web. 12 November 2015 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2135445/
Contributors and Attributions
Kelly C. Burke (College of the Canyons)