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On this agar, Salmonella produces a black bull’s eye colony:

An outbreak of diarrhea at a nursing home revealed an oxidase-negative, non-lactose fermenting, non-motile, gram-negative rod.  These characteristics presumptively indicate which organism?

Which genera of the Enterobacteriaceae are known to cause diarrhea and are considered enteric pathogens?

The stock culture needed for quality control testing of oxidase production are:

The optimal temperature for growth of Yersinia spp. is

What is the significance of the term Kingdom of Heaven in understanding the gospels? 

This is the meeting place for a formal gathering of Jewish people to read and study the Torah where Jesus is sometimes found teaching and interacting with people. It was comprised of at least 10 Jewish men in order to properly practice worship and study between times of temple worship.  What is the name or term for this meeting place?

A sputum specimen submitted for culture is brick red in color. The organism causing this sputum color also has a distinct polysaccharide capsule and is non-motile. What organism can be associated with this sputum?

Cold enrichment of feces (incubation at 4* C)in phosphate buffered saline prior to subculture onto enteric media enhances recovery of:

These stories were often used in the ancient Jewish world, and especially by Jesus as forms of teaching in which the stories themselves became symbolic or metaphorical for a deeper truth. What were such teaching stories called?