A Pathogen That Has the Growth Pattern Shown in the Photo

question 34

Multiple Choice

A pathogen that has the growth pattern shown in the photo when grown on blood agar is

• A) Streptococcus pyogenes
• B) Streptococcus pneumoniae
• C) Enterococcus faecalis
• D) Staphylococcus aureus

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Definitions:

Continuous Random Variable

A variable that can take an infinite number of real values within a specific range.

Normal Curve

A symmetrical bell-shaped graph that represents the distribution of data in which most values cluster around a mean value.

Standard Normal Probability Distribution

A normal distribution with a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one.

Probability Density Function

A function that describes the relative likelihood for a random variable to take on a given value.