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A Microbiologist Suspects a Strain of Staphylococcus Aureus Is Resistant

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A microbiologist suspects a strain of Staphylococcus aureus is resistant to methicillin.What would be the best approach to test this suspicion?


A) Perform a Gram stain.
B) Sequence the chromosome looking for resistance genes.
C) Calculate the doubling time for the bacteria.
D) Inject the bacteria into a host animal and look for disease symptoms.
E) Add methicillin to the growth plates.

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