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A 59-year-old female has been diagnosed with Escherichia coli infection following the consumption of contaminated meat. The patient is exhibiting a high fever, severe abdominal cramping, and diarrhea. As the patients RN, you provide supportive care and fluid resuscitation as ordered. You and medical team members provide education to the patient and her family regarding the genetics of the E. coli bacterium.

After staining, the specimen is inspected. The laboratory technician identifies single-celled organisms that possess a nucleus, and many of them are undergoing the process of budding. Based on this finding, it is most likely that the patient is suffering from an infection caused by a ______.

A viral genome is carried by _____.

The laboratory report shows that a motility test was performed on the sample with positive results. Thinking about bacterial movement, you are aware that this bacterium could possess which structure(s) for motility?

What color/clarity results would best correlate with a pleural fluid transduate?

Classification of viruses would place them in which domain of life? 

Select the correct statement(s) regarding birefringence.

The patient asks how microbes from her body can be grown in the lab. You explain that specimens are introduced to nutrient medium and that any growth of the microbe that appears after incubating the specimen is called the _____.

Cholesterol crystals present in a milky/white fluid are indicative of a

You understand that along with a pH test, a microscopic view is needed to perform the ferning test to detect an amniotic fluid leak. The patient sample is prepared on a glass slide, stained with methylene blue, and examined under 1000x total magnification. Which type of microscope will be used to make this observation of the patient sample?