A Microbiology Technologist Performs a Traditional Bacterial Stain on a Colony

question 42

Multiple Choice

A microbiology technologist performs a traditional bacterial stain on a colony from a wound culture that is suspected to contain bacteria from the genus Clostridium. The unstained areas in the bacterial cell observed by the technologist are called

• A) cilia.
• B) ribosomes.
• C) endospores.
• D) mitochondria.

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