Intellectual Olympiad in Microbiology - 2026 ongoing

Subject: Microbiology
Level: VII (I is easiest, XII is hardest)
Category: student
Question language: English
Questions: 15
Example question: When designing PCR primers to amplify a bacterial coding sequence, which placement is most appropriate? Both primers anneal to the same DNA strand and point outward, The primers anneal to opposite strands and have their 3′ ends oriented toward the target, Both primers anneal within the promoter region, The primers are complementary to one another throughout their entire sequences