The two starch hydrolyzing enzymes common to bacteria are secreted and function externally to the cell.

What component  in the medium Columbia CNA agar is noted in your book as specifically providing necessary B vitamins.

What two ingredients of Fluid Thioglycollate Medium reduce/remove free oxygen and allow anaerobes to grow?

What chemical element is added to Agar F, but reduced to a minimum in Agar P to allow pseudomonads with the tested ability to produce the proper reaction on the plates?

An acid is defined as a substance that donates protons.

Pseudomonas F agar is  ___ medium.

Mannitol Salt Agar is used to confirm the presence of _____ in the sample cultured, particularly in clinical samples.

What formulation/recipe change to McConkey agar would allow Enterococcus spp. to grow?  

You are wondering about the oxygen requirements/tolerances of an organism you have isolated.  You plate and grow it aerobically, in a candle jar and in a gas pak.  When you observe the plates after incubation, you find the organism grows about the same under all three conditions.  What is the probable oxygen classification of this organism?

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