Question: A reducing media us used to culture?

Answer: anaerobic organisms

Question: The three physical forms of laboratory media are?

Answer: solid, semisolid and liquid

Question: The term that refers to the purposeful addition of microorganisms into a laboratory nutrient medium is?

Answer: inoculation

Question: A common medium used for growing fastidious bacteria is?

Answer: blood agar

Question: A nutrient medium that contains at least one ingredient that is NOT chemically definable would be termed?

Answer: complex

Question: Newly inoculated cultures must be _____ at a specific temperature to encourage growth.

Answer: incubated

Question: Which type of media would be the best choice when shipping a sample of bacteria to a laboratory to be tested from a satellite office site?

Answer: transport

Question: A reducing medium contains?

Answer: substances that remove oxygen

Question: For which bacterial genus does mannitol salt agar differentiate between species?

Answer: Staphylococcus

Question: Agar is a complex polysaccharide that comes from a/an?

Answer: algae