Tag Archives | Isolation of Microbial Mutants

The following points highlight the top four techniques used for the isolation of microbial mutants. The techniques are: 1. Direct Observation 2. Enrichment Technique 3. Replica-Plating Technique 4. The Ames Test. 1. Direct Observation Technique: In some cases, a colony growing on an agar plate can easily be seen to be different from the normal parental type (wild-type). For example, [...]