A Microbiologist Examines Culture Plates with Large Nonpigmented Gray Colonies

question 5

Multiple Choice

A microbiologist examines culture plates with large nonpigmented gray colonies at 24 hours that are indole-negative, nonmotile, catalase-positive, and resistant to polymyxin B disks. The Gram stain shows this is a gram-negative coccobacillus. What is the most probable organism?

• A) Francisella tularensis
• B) Brucella mallei
• C) Yersinia pestis
• D) Burkholderia cepacia

Grasp the concept of job fit and its importance in employee and organizational performance.

Understand the impact of unions and employment-at-will principles on employment practices.

Understand the concept of person-job and person-organization fit.

Recognize and evaluate discriminatory practices in employment.

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