Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
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Author: Cowan
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Chapter 3, Problem 5Q
As a supervisor in the infection control unit, you hire a local microbiologist to analyze samples from your hospital’s hot-water tank for microbial contamination. Although she was unable to culture any microbes, she reports that basic microscopic analysis revealed the presence of cells 0.8 μm in diameter that lacked a nucleus. Transmission electron microscopy showed that the cells lacked membrane-bound organelles but did contain ribosomes. Which domain of life do you hypothesize the cells represent? What further analysis would you perform?
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