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Which of the following would be a correctly labeled agar plate?a. Staph on the bottomb. S. aureus on the bottomc. S. aureus on the lidd. Staphylococcus aureus on the lid

Basic Clinical Laboratory Techniques 6E

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Chapter7: Basic Clinical Microbiology

Section7.2: Bacteriology Specimen Collection And Processing

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Which of the following would be a correctly labeled agar plate?
a. Staph on the bottom
b. S. aureus on the bottom
c. S. aureus on the lid
d. Staphylococcus aureus on the lid

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