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

Exercise 46

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. Explain whether or not DNA polymerase from a mesophilic bacterium could be used successfully in a PCR reaction.
b. If starting with a single double-stranded DNA molecule, how many copies of the DNA would be synthesized after 25 PCR cycles
c. Provide two applications of PCR technology today.