Microbiology: A Human Perspective 7th Edition by Eugene Nester,Martha Nester,Denise Anderson, Evans Roberts

Exercise 1

A graduate student is trying to identify the gene coding for an enzymefound in a bacterial species that degrades trinitrotoluene (TNT). Thestudent is frustrated to find that the organism does not produce theenzyme when grown in nutrient broth, making it difficult to collectthe mRNA needed to help identify the gene. What could the studentdo to potentially increase the amount of the desired enzyme?