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A bundle of muscle fibers (see image) is called a

Which inoculation indicates a bacterial species capable of alpha-hemolysis?          

The stiffness that occurs at death is due to a lack of:

You are using an anaerobic jar system to produce an anaerobic environment for your plates.  On the plates you have samples of organisms with various aerotolerances.  Which of the following would be unable to grow in the system? Choose all that apply.

Would Columbia CNA agar still be selective if the 5% sheep’s blood was not added? 

The movement toward secession in the winter of 1860–1861 proceeded the most rapidly in the

The vesicles identified in the image contain _______________.

The interaction of [component] and [reagent] causes the blue-black color seen in starch plates?  The first blank is a part of the medium and the second is the reagent used.  

Becton-Dickson, a company that prepares media, reduced the concentration of nalidixic acid in their Columbia CNA media from 15 mg/mL to 10 mg/mL in order to increase the recovery of the desired organisms from clinical samples.  This change does not decrease inhibition of the undesirables.  Why would this change be beneficial for the recovery of the desired organisms?

The spread plate technique is used to create a even _____  of growth over the plate.