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#Question id: 1040

Why might it be easier to determine the bacterium that caused pneumonia than one that caused a wound infection?

#XL - T Zoology

There are very few microorganisms that can cause pneumonia, while there are many that can cause wound infections.
Bacteria that cause pneumonia can be identified with few tests. Many bacteria are normally found on the skin and may be in the wound complicationg indentification of the pathogen.
We have much better tests for bacteria in the lungs than we do in wounds.
The techniques of 16S rRNA sequencing are easier to perform on a sample taken from the lungs than a sample taken from a wound.

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#Question id: 3052

#XL - S Microbiology

How many average CFU will form on petriplate if 0.1ml sample plating from 104 diluted sample (original sample contain 3x10^7 bacteria per ml)

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#Question id: 435

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What defines a near-equilibrium reaction?

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#Question id: 19855

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At constant T and P, which one of the following statements is correct for the reaction,

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#Question id: 19941

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Which d-orbital does not have four lobes?

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#Question id: 16496

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Neomycin phosphotransferase gene is used as a selectable marker. It provides resistence against which antibiotic ?