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Transcribed Image Text:In this activity you will analyze the results of experiments that investigate nutritional requirement of
several mutant strains of yeast. The mutations in these strains cause a nutritional requirement for an
amino acid, such that the strains will not grow in media that lack one specific amino acid. Any mutant
that has a nutritional requirement is called an auxotroph, and is incapable of growing in a "minimal
medium" containing only a carbon source (e.g., glucose), a simple nitrogen source (e.g., ammonium
sulfate), and various salts and minerals. Such strains can be supported on a medium supplemented
with only the missing nutrient or on a "rich" medium that contains amino acids, vitamins, nitrogenous
bases, etc. (often in the form of an extract from yeast). The wild-type individual that can synthesize
the metabolic component is a prototroph, and is capable of growth on minimal medium.
The mutant strains in this activity are unable to synthesize tryptophan, lysine, or histidine; one
prototrophic strain is included in the analysis.
We start with a master plate that has 7 haploid strains of yeast (A-G), arranged in patches in the
following order (looking at the plate right side up with the upper surface of the agar facing you):
A B
C
D
E
F
G
The yeast strains from the master plate will be tested for their ability to grow on five different media.
A very light inoculum of each strain will be transferred in the same pattern as above to the following
media: unsupplemented minimal medium, three minimal media each supplemented by one amino
acid (tryptophan, histidine, or lysine), and a rich medium. After inoculation, the plates are incubated
at 30°C for one or two days, and grow or absence of growth is recorded.
Question 6: What do you think is the composition of the medium in the master plate (minimal,
minimal supplemented with one amino acid, or rich)?
Rich
O Minimal supplemented with one amino acid
O Minimal
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