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Chapter 2
Supplemental Quiz Questions

1. The labels have been accidentally removed from four (4) transmission electron micrographs of single cells. You know that one micrograph is of the Gram-negative bacterium E. coli, another is the Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus,

1=E. coli, 2=Mycoplasm, 3=B. cereus, 4=S. aureus

1=B. cereus, 2=S. aureus, 3=E. coli, 4=Mycoplasm

1=B. cereus, 2=S. aureus, 3=Mycoplasm, 4=E. coli

1=B. cereus, 2=Mycoplasm, 3=E. coli, 4=S. aureus

2. Describe the use of a culture medium that (a) contains an agent that inhibits the growth of Gram-negative bacteria and (b) glows lime green in the presence of amino acids. What type of bacteria would be cultivated on this media?

3. Propose one mechanical and one culturing technique that would separate three bacteria mixed together in a soil sample. What conditions are required for successful isolations of pure cultures?


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