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Which of the nucleic acids are the pyrimadines?

Infectious agents may be located by molecular methods in that the organisms represent the:

Culture of a hand wound grew on a Lowenstein-Jensen agar slant at 30°C in 9 days, but did not grow on the same media at 37°C over three weeks. Given the following results, what is most likely the organism in question? Photochromagen Niacin: Negative SQ catalase: Negative Heat stable catalase: Negative Nitrate reduction: Negative Tween80 Hydrolysis: Positive

Which of the following organisms is India ink & urease positive?

On direct exam from skin scrapings which of the following organisms reveal hyphael elements and small budding yeast in a “spaghetti & meatball” arrangement?

An AFB broth culture is positive for acid-fast bacilli at 1 week while the agar slant shows no growth. The most likely explanation for this is:

When AFB are stained using the Kinyoun stain, the cells should appear:

Explain the difference between continental glaciers and alpine glaciers. 

In humans, the MOST common method of entry of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is:

The analysis of amplified human short tandem repeat sequences is useful in identity, paternity, and forensic testing. In these cases the amplified products are usually separated and analyzed using: