Following a 2 week camping trip to the southwest (US), a 65 year old male patient was hospitalized with high fever and an inflammatory swelling of the axilla and groin lymph nodes. Several blood cultures were obtained with the result of growing gram negative rods resembling “closed safety-pins”. The organism grew on MacConkey agar showing non-lactose fermenting colonies. Testing demonstrated a non-motile rod that was biochemically inert. The most likely identification?

15. A nurse is reviewing thyroid labs. Which lab result would indicate hypothyroidism?

Choose the bacterial family that is best described as catalase positive, oxidase negative, gram negative bacilli that are facultative anaerobes and most of which reduce nitrates to nitrites.

Cold enrichment of feces (incubation at 4* C)in phosphate buffered saline prior to subculture onto enteric media enhances recovery of:

This is a selective agar for Yersinia:

A clear red colony with a black center on XLD is most likely:

This term describes an organism that utilizes a sugar, such as glucose:

Most strains of Escherichia coli can be described as

Describe or explain one memorable moment from the Gospels involving Peter. (a few words or 1 sentence will suffice)

What is the significance of the temple in studies of the Gospels?