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After a properly completed Gram stain, a Gram positive organism will appear [1] in color under the microscope. After a properly completed Gram stain, a Gram negative organism will appear [2] in color under the microscope.

A walrus swims to the water’s surface to warm its body is an example of:

What conclusions can you draw from culture growing on the milk agar plate in the quadrant labeled C in the image below? (Choose all that apply)

What conclusions can you draw from culture growing in the gelatin tube labeled B in the image below? (Choose all that apply)

What ancient civilization was the first to practice medicine? 

What conclusions can you draw from culture growing on the starch plate in the half labeled A in the image below? (Choose all that apply)

A patient whose weight is 50 kg, what would this be in pounds?  

In the number 724.218, which number is in the hundreds position?

What is the boiling point in Fahrenheit? 

Scenario (continued) for questions 18 through 24:You decide to use sequencing technology to build a phylogenetic tree comparing the patient isolated microbe to other microbes you isolated from the Seine River and microbes you isolated from the dining hall all of the athletes eat at in the Olympic Village.  Your phylogenetic tree is shown in Figure 2. Figure 2: Phylogenetic tree representing the evolutionary relationship between the microbe isolated from the athlete (Athlete isolate) and microbes isolated from the Seine River (river isolates 1-3) and microbes isolated from the cafeteria food served to the athletes in the Olympic Village (food isolates 1-3).