Phenotypic Testing Is Often Beneficial in Identifying Infectious Agents from Patient

question 13

Multiple Choice

Phenotypic testing is often beneficial in identifying infectious agents from patient samples; however, some disadvantages include ______.

• A) lengthy culturing times and the inability to grow some bacteria in vitro
• B) difficulty in identifying motile organisms
• C) non-specificity of some biochemical tests since all pathogens utilize the same substrate as a fuel source
• D) organisms must be grown on the same culture media so it is difficult to distinguish them from each other

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