3.10.3: Exercise #21 - Lab Wrap-Up

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    Lab Wrap-Up Questions
    Answer the following questions:
    1. Define fastidious bacteria and describe why blood agar may be utilized to grow them.
    2. Describe the difference between alpha hemolysis and beta hemolysis. Describe what has occurred to cause the hemolysis observed.
    3. You have been provided with a sample of bacteria to inoculate onto a blood agar sample. You are told that the organism you are working with is known to produce streptolysin O and streptolysin S. Describe what you should observe following incubation on a blood agar plate and why you expect those results.

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