You isolate a previously undescribed protist species from the soil outside your residence. Which of the following techniques) would provide useful data for describing, classifying, and naming this new species?
A) light microscopy
B) electron microscopy
C) gene sequence comparison
D) PCR
E) all of the above

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All the listed techniques are valuable for describing, classifying, and naming a new protist species. Light microscopy can reveal morphological features, electron microscopy can show detailed cellular structures, gene sequence comparison can identify genetic relationships with known species, and PCR can amplify specific DNA sequences for further analysis.

You Isolate a Previously Undescribed Protist Species from the Soil