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Select the prefix that means “within.”

Select the prefix that means “before.”

Select the prefix that means “two.”

Select the prefix that means “away from.”

Select the suffix that means “science or study of.”

In the term arthritis, the suffix -itis means:

You perform a throat culture on the patient from question 2. With these results on the blood agar plate please Observe and conclude the plate results Provide possible genus and species (must provide both for credit) Is this a pathogen? Why or why not.

A variety of media are inoculated to try to ID a patient’s microbe.  Based upon your observations and using the table, please ID which microbe your patient’s microbe resembles.     Organism            Indole     Urease    MR         H2S     Gas        VP       Lactose          Citrate        Escherichia   –    –    +    –    +    +    +    – Yesinia    +    –    –   –    –    –    –    + Morganella    –    +       +    –    +    +    –    – Proteus    –    +     +    +    +    +    –    – Enterobacter    –   –     –    –   +    +    +    + Salmonella    –    –    +    +    +    –    –    + Providencia    –    –    +    –    +      +    –    – Unknown microbe                 a.  Which microbe do you have? (2 pt)? b.  How will this microbe appear if you place it on an EMB plate? (2 pt)

List 2 methods for distinguishing a beta hemolytic strep from a beta hemolytic staph. With both methods, please provide observations or conclusions for each microbe (how they differ). 

For the circuit below, w0 =0, w0=0, w2=1, En=1. This means that: