What Size Calibrated Loops Should Be Used to Inoculate a Urine

question 26

Multiple Choice

What size calibrated loops should be used to inoculate a urine sample that was collected by suprapubic aspiration?

• A) 0.001 mL
• B) 0.01 mL
• C) 0.1 mL
• D) 1.0 mL

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Definitions:

Mutation-Selection Balance

An evolutionary principle describing the equilibrium achieved when the rate of new mutations equals the rate of removal of disadvantageous alleles by natural selection.

Deleterious Allele

A genetic variant that tends to have a negative effect on the fitness or survival of an organism.

Fixed Genetic Locus

A specific location on a chromosome where the genetic variation has become identical across all members of a population due to evolutionary processes.

Allele

A variant of a gene that occurs due to mutation and is located at an identical location on a chromosome, representing one of two or more possible versions.