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Microbiology question Choose the correct answer please Question 4 (1 point) A pe

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Microbiology question Choose the correct answer please Question 4 (1 point) A person's mouth is sampled with a sterile, moistened swab and a plate of tryptic soy agar is inoculated with the swab. After th appropriate time of incubation is allowed, no growth appears on the plate. Which of the following is the most reasonable explanation for this result? The person's mouth was sterile The plate should have been incubated under anaerobic (no oxygen) conditions. The tryptic soy agar lacked some nutrients required by the mouth microbes The tryptic soy agar contained a compound that inhibited the growth of mouth microbes. Save

Explanation / Answer

The answer for this question is "The person's mouth was sterile". Because if the mouth is sterile, there is the less possibility of growing microbes in the tryptic soy agar.