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What are the three reasons we use agar as a support medium for bacterial growth?

Match the following terms with the most appropriate definition.

If a microbe that is very resistant to a specific antibiotic transfers chromosomal genes for resistance to a susceptible microbe by conjugation, which of the following statements regarding that exchange is false?

List 2 specific examples of chemical agents of microbial control (they can be either disinfection or sterilization).

During sterilization using an autoclave, one is most concerned with preventing survival of:

Provide two examples of characteristics that could be used to classify bacterium.

Identify the false statement about prokaryotic cells.

The process of translation most closely involves:

Which of the following is not part of the transformation process of genetic exchange?

Place the steps of conjugation in order.