Selective Media

question 3

Multiple Choice

Selective media:

• A) Allow the growth of fastidious microbes through the addition of certain growth enhancers
• B) Support the grouping of microbes based on different characteristics demonstrated in the media
• C) Support the growth of most nonfastidious microbes
• D) Support the growth of one type or group of microbes, but not another

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Definitions:

Normal Distribution

A type of continuous probability distribution for a real-valued random variable, characterized by a symmetric bell-shaped curve.

Binomial Distribution

A probability distribution that summarizes the likelihood that a variable will take one of two independent values under a given set of parameters.

Random Variable

A random variable is a variable whose possible values are numerical outcomes of a random phenomenon.

Success Probability

The likelihood or chance of a particular event or outcome happening, often expressed in terms of percentage or decimal.