Optional up to 2 points of extra credit: This is a “choose y…
Optional up to 2 points of extra credit: This is a “choose your own question” question! Please think about any single topic from the chapters covered on this test: this can be something you studied for that wasn’t covered, or something you found especially interesting, or anything else you want from this content. Name the topic and explain it fully here. Write at least a full paragraph (minimum 4-5 sentences; no bullet points). This is your chance to demonstrate good knowledge of a single topic from these chapters. Please do not just list names of multiple topics, or just tell me you found [name of topic] to be really interesting. You may tell me [name of topic] was really interesting, but you must demonstrate to me that you learned about and understand the topic by explaining to me how it works! Relax, and please don’t stress – this is your chance to choose your own topic/question and show me you learned about it by telling me about it – i.e., this is meant to be a very gentle last question on this test! 🙂
Read DetailsA patient presents with symptoms of a urinary tract infectio…
A patient presents with symptoms of a urinary tract infection (UTI), the majority of which are caused by Gram negative bacteria. When attempting to isolate and identify the pathogen(s) from the patient’s urine sample, the clinical technician faces the challenge of separating the pathogen from normal skin flora such as species of Staphylococcus. In order to separate these, one approach the technician could take would be to culture a sample of urine ______.
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You wish to grow species of algae and cyanobacteria in lab and need an appropriate medium. You have the following recipe for glucose salts medium and decide to modify it. Which ingredient must you leave out if you are to only support the growth of photoautotrophs? Glucose salts broth recipe: 5 g glucose 5 g sodium chloride (NaCl) 0.2 g magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) 1.0 g ammonium phosphate, monobasic (NH4H2PO4) 1.0 g potassium phosphate, dibasic (K2HPO4) 1.0 L dH2O
Read DetailsOptional up to 2 points of extra credit: This is a “choose y…
Optional up to 2 points of extra credit: This is a “choose your own question” question! Please think about any single topic from the chapters covered on this test: this can be something you studied for that wasn’t covered, or something you found especially interesting, or anything else you want from this content. Name the topic and explain it fully here. Write at least a full paragraph (minimum 4-5 sentences; no bullet points). This is your chance to demonstrate good knowledge of a single topic from these chapters. Please do not just list names of multiple topics, or just tell me you found [name of topic] to be really interesting. You may tell me [name of topic] was really interesting, but you must demonstrate to me that you learned about and understand the topic by explaining to me how it works! Relax, and please don’t stress – this is your chance to choose your own topic/question and show me you learned about it by telling me about it – i.e., this is meant to be a very gentle last question on this test! 🙂
Read DetailsA patient presents with symptoms of a urinary tract infectio…
A patient presents with symptoms of a urinary tract infection (UTI), the majority of which are caused by Gram negative bacteria. When attempting to isolate and identify the pathogen(s) from the patient’s urine sample, the clinical technician faces the challenge of separating the pathogen from normal skin flora such as species of Staphylococcus. In order to separate these, one approach the technician could take would be to culture a sample of urine ______.
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