A Bacterial Isolate That Grows Better on a Nutrient Agar

question 77

True/False

A bacterial isolate that grows better on a nutrient agar plate supplemented with amino acids but still grows in a nutrient agar plate lacking amino acids suggests amino acids are trace nutrients for the isolate.

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Definitions:

Contributed Capital

The total value of the capital that shareholders have directly invested in the company through the purchase of its stock.

Earned Capital

The portion of shareholders' equity derived from profitable operations, representing retained earnings and not contributed capital.

Common Shares

Equity investments that represent a unit of ownership in a corporation and give shareholders voting rights and dividends.

Weighted Average

A calculation that takes into account the varying degrees of importance of the numbers in a data set, giving more weight to some numbers than others.