Microbiology: A Systems Approach 4th Edition by Marjorie Kelly Cowan

Exercise 6

Critical thinking is the ability to reason and solve problems using facts and concepts. These questions can be approached from a number of angles and, in most cases, they do not have a single correct answer.
A new microbe was recently discovered that utilizes arsenic in place of phosphate in its DNA double helix. Provide a sound reason for whether or not this change will alter the information encoded by this organism's genetic material.