You Have Inoculated a Clostridium Species into a Tube of Media.After

question 90

Multiple Choice

You have inoculated a Clostridium species into a tube of media.After incubation, you observe that there is no growth, and you remember that Clostridium is an obligate anaerobe.What is the best explanation for the observed lack of growth?

• A)There is not enough water in the environment for Clostridium to grow.
• B)There is not enough oxygen for use when toxic oxygen is present.
• C)Oxygen in the medium destroys the enzymes needed by Clostridium to undergo aerobic respiration.
• D)Clostridium does not have enzymes to process toxic oxygen.

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