Describe three laboratory-associated problems related to biofilms.

This layer of biofilm is exposed to the highest concentration of nutrients and oxygen, containing the most active organisms.  What layer is this?

Biofilms can protect its members from

Match the organism with the media it should be cultured on for optimal recovery.

A Corynebacterium species recovered from a throat culture is considered a pathogen when

It is important to have an accurate identification when identifying Nocardia spp. in infection because

What are the proteins that make up the anthrax toxin? How do they cause disease in the patient?

The distance between Earth and the Moon is 3.84 108 m. A pulse of laser light aimed at the Moon that bounces back to Earth undergoes a round-trip time of about

The number of grams of ice that can be melted by 1 g of 100°C steam is

Fred swings a sheet of copper in pendulum fashion between the poles of a strong magnet. The sheet slows in entering the magnetic field because the field