A student is preparing McConkey agar plates and forgets to a…
A student is preparing McConkey agar plates and forgets to adjust the pH of the medium to between 6.9 and 7.3, which is normal for this medium. The resultant media has a pH of 6.5. This difference will affect the specificity of the test. Why? (specificity – increase in false positives.)
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When using a blood agar plate on a mixed sample from a throat, the stabbing of the agar is designed to provide favorable conditions for the expression of ______ by members of certain gram positive bacterial species. (No, the answer is not anaerobic growth.)
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