Laboratory Experiments in Microbiology (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780321994936
Author: Ted R. Johnson, Christine L. Case
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 46, Problem 3Q
From a throat culture, you have isolated gram-positive cocci that you cannot identify as staphylococci or streptococci. A test for one enzyme can be used to distinguish between these bacteria quickly. What is that enzyme?
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