Organisms That Grow Very Slowly, Cannot Be Cultured, Are Present

question 25

Multiple Choice

Organisms that grow very slowly, cannot be cultured, are present in very small numbers, or are mixed with a number of other bacteria may still be identified using

• A) Southern blotting.
• B) replica plating.
• C) PCR.
• D) the Ames test.
• E) positive selection.

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