If a 0001 ML Quantitative Loop Is Used to Inoculate Plate Media

question 34

Multiple Choice

If a 0.001 mL quantitative loop is used to inoculate plate media for a urine culture, each colony of growth represents how many organisms per milliliter in the original sample?

• A) 1 organism
• B) 10 organisms
• C) 100 organisms
• D) 1000 organisms

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Definitions:

Aromatic

A class of compounds characterized by the presence of one or more benzene rings which have delocalized pi electrons.

Antiaromatic

A type of cyclic compound that is destabilized by the delocalization of its electrons, failing to meet the criteria for aromatic stability.

Nonaromatic

Organic compounds that do not meet the criteria for aromaticity, lacking the special stability of aromatic systems.

Pyridine

A basic nitrogen-containing heterocyclic aromatic compound, resembling benzene but with one CH group replaced by a nitrogen atom.