What bacteria’s morphology is described as large, box-car, square-ended, gram-positive or gram-positive rods found singly or in chains?

Why is it that although Nocardia spp. grow well on most common nonselective laboratory media, many are missed when the cultures are read?

 How long are anaerobic cultures routinely held in the laboratory?

What type of blood is shown in the image?

Identify the structure A.

Name the blood cell shown in the image.

What is shown on this gram stain?gram stain.jpg 

Technicians are doing the morning chemistry run. Once they load the specimens onto the instrument, they remove their gloves to do paperwork in a clean area of the laboratory. What should the technicians do after removing their gloves?

When using the isolation streaking technique, the most isolated forms of the organism should be in which quadrant?

Is a sputum gram stain showing >25 squamous epithelial cells/LPF (low powered field) an acceptable specimen for culture?