Demonstrating Principles of Metabolism through Herbicide Treatment of Microalgae
An undergraduate laboratory experiment is described which illustrates blockade of a metabolic pathway and the potential environmental impacts of some herbicides. Students use a spectrophotometric assay to examine branched chain amino acid (BCAA) depletion in microalgae cultures treated with sulfosu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2017-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education |
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| Online Access: | http://jmbesubmissions.asm.org/index.php/jmbe/article/view/1326 |