KROK 1 2018 – Question 32 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
Initial inoculation of water in 1% peptone water resulted in growth of a thin film on the medium surface in 6 hours. Such cultural properties are characteristic of causative agent of the following disease:
- A. Plague
- B. Dysentery
- C. Pseudotuberculosis
- D. Tuberculosis
- E. Cholera
Hint
Consider which pathogens are aerobic, grow within hours and are routinely enriched in peptone water from water samples before plating.
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