Under What Circumstance Might Slow-Growing Mycobacteria Appear to Produce Colonies

question 36

Multiple Choice

Under what circumstance might slow-growing mycobacteria appear to produce colonies in a few days?

• A)When the inoculum is too heavy
• B)When subcultured to an enriched medium
• C)When incubated at slightly warmer temperatures
• D)When kept in the light

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, showing how much each value differs from the mean.

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped curve which describes the spread of a characteristic throughout a population, where most occurrences take place around the central peak and probabilities for values taper off equally towards both tails.

Symmetry

Symmetry in statistics refers to a situation where the two halves of a distribution mirror each other across a central point.

Modality

Refers to the manner or mode in which something exists or is experienced or expressed.