Your research group is studying a bacterium known to produce a medically relevant biofilm.In an effort to understand how the biofilm is induced, you mutate one of the bacterium's genes (gene X) that you believe to be involved in quorum sensing.Design an experiment to determine whether gene X is involved in biofilm formation.Be sure to include the reasoning behind your experimental design in your answer.

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The Answer of Your research group is studying a bacterium known to produce a medically relevant biofilm.In an effort to understand how the biofilm is induced, you mutate one of the bacterium's genes (gene X) that you believe to be involved in quorum sensing.Design an experiment to determine whether gene X is involved in biofilm formation.Be sure to include the reasoning behind your experimental design in your answer.

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