An off-white, moist, yeast-like fungus is isolated from a blood culture. It does not produce mycelia on Cornmeal Tween 80 Agar, does not ferment sugars, and produces urease at 35ºC. Choose the most likely identification for this fungus.

“Thrush” is a disease condition caused by which of the following fungi?

You receive a specimen with the following information: Source – Skin/Superficial lesion. What three organisms from this source would you suspect? What atmospheric conditions: and temperature(s): would you incubate the inoculated cultures for the suspected organisms above?

Match the morphology with the correct description:        

Below are 2 LJs – one was covered in foil to prevent light exposure (left) and one was allowed light exposure (right). Compare the morphology between the 2 LJs once uncovered. What category would this organism be a part of?

QC testing of antimicrobial susceptibility tests (ASTs) include all of processes below except:

Which of the following statement(s) are true regarding specimen rejection?

Elements of a model quality control program include:

  What pigment is illustrated in this picture?

Which of the following does NOT belong to the fluorescent Pseudomonads group?