If You Were Going to Identify Microorganisms Within a Specimen

question 37

Multiple Choice

If you were going to identify microorganisms within a specimen containing large numbers of organisms (seawater, normal microbiota, etc.) , you would have to

• A)use a wide variety of microbiological media to identify all of the different species of microorganisms.
• B)use a wide variety of antibodies to react with the antigens.
• C)use different kinds of serological tests.
• D)amplify gene sequences within the sample to identify each of the different organisms.

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Definitions:

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