According to Beadle and Tantums experiment which of the foll

According to Beadle and Tantum\'s experiment, which of the following is correct?

According to Beadle and Tantum\'s experiment, which of the following is correct? Wildtype strains only grow on complete medium, but not on minimal medium. Mutant strains grow on both complete and minimal medium. If one mutant strain can\'t make niacin, it will not grow on the complete medium. If one mutant strain can\'t make folic acid, one needs to supplement it in the minimal medium to grow the bacteria.

Solution

D. option ids correct

most mutants unable to grow on minimal medium but able to grow on “complete” medium each require addition of only one particular supplement for growth on minimal medium.