Question 1
An epidemiologist is investigating a new disease and observes what appear to be bacteria inside tissue cells in clinical samples from victims. The scientist wants to try to isolate the bacteria in the lab. What culture conditions are most likely to be successful?
◦ culturing on blood agar plates
◦ inoculation of a minimal medium broth
◦ inoculation of EMB plates
◦ inoculation of cell cultures
◦ incubation in an anaerobic culture system
Question 2
The events of binary fission are
I. | the cell doubles in size |
III. | the cell forms a septum |
IV. | the cell separates from its offspring |
The CORRECT order of these events is
◦ II, III, I, IV.
◦ IV, I, III, II.
◦ I, II, IV, III.
◦ II, I, III, IV.
◦ I, III, II, IV.