Describe how the Ames test screens for potential environmental mu...

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Describe how the Ames test screens for potential environmental mutagens. Why is it thought that a compound that tests positively in the Ames test may also be carcinogenic?

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Hey everyone. Let's take a look at this question. Together, aims test is a biological assay that can assess a compounds mutagenic potential which of the following organisms are used in this experiment. So let's recall what we know about the AMES test to try to figure out what type of organism are used in this experiment. But we know that the organism that is used in the AMES test is called Salmonella I for Miriam. And we know that this organism is an ox a trove mutant, but the type of oxygen mutant it is is an oxide trove mutant bacteria. And so that means that salmonella taifa Miriam is a bacteria and that the type of organism that is used in the AMES test is a bacteria. So answer choice D. Is the correct answer. Because we know that in that AMES test we use a specific bacteria known as salmonella typhoid mary, um to detect that mediagenic potential of a chemical compound. So we use bacteria which is answer choice D. The correct answer. I hope you found this video to be helpful. Thank you and goodbye.

Describe how the Ames test screens for potential environmental mutagens. Why is it thought that a compound that tests positively in the Ames test may also be carcinogenic?

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