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Which these organisms would be most comfortable in the Dead Sea?

Alice spent the summer hiking in the jungles of Costa Rica. A few days before she returned home, she took a bad fall down the side of a ravine and received a deep cut to her femur. Her companions helped clean the wound and dress it and, returned to the hotel, where the hospital physician looked at it and complimented them on their thorough cleaning. On the plane two days later, Alice began running a temperature and felt generally ill. By the time she landed at LAX, she could barely walk. Her leg was swollen and emitted a peculiar sweet, grape-like odor.  What is your diagnosis?

In order to determine the original number of viruses in a sample, you would perform calculations based on the number of these in the lowest countable dilution.

An organism with an optimum temperature of 55oC would be classified as a

Penicillin is not effective against

Which of these is the term for herpes of the finger or digit?

Which of these is an algicide?

Which of these is incorrect regarding giardiasis?

This antifungal drug is very effective but nephrotoxic (toxic to the kidneys).

We are very concerned (and have had our lives turned around) by a disease that is easily spread from one host to another, Covid 19. Covid 19 is a