A Convenient and Reliable Identification Scheme for Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Involves

question 10

Multiple Choice

A convenient and reliable identification scheme for Pseudomonas aeruginosa involves which of the following conventional tests?

• A) Oxidase, triple sugar iron (TSI) slant, growth at 42° C on Mueller-Hinton agar or trypticase soy agar
• B) Catalase, lysine iron agar (LIA) slant, growth at 42° C on Mueller-Hinton agar or trypticase soy agar
• C) Oxidase, TSI slant, growth at 24° C on Mueller-Hinton agar or trypticase soy agar
• D) Catalase, TSI slant, growth at 42° C on sheep blood agar or blood trypticase soy agar

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Definitions:

Mutually Exclusive

Two events that cannot both occur at the same time, often referenced in probability and statistics to describe situations where the happening of one event excludes the occurrence of another.

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Box Plot

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Median

The middle value in a data set, which divides the data into two halves with an equal number of observations above and below it.