Answer to Question #287626 in Microbiology for Will

Question

How to determine the bacteria species based on DNA sequence. Choose one DNA sequence and elaborate how you identify the bacteria.

Answer 1

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DNA fingerprinting

-The polymerase chain reaction is used extensively in DNA fingerprinting approaches for bacterial identification (PCR). For example, repetitive element-PCR targets certain DNA segments that occur at random in the bacterial genome.