The product detected in a positive Voges-Proskauer test is:

A. Creatine
B. 2,3-butanediol
C. Indole
D. Acetoin


Ans: D. Acetoin

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a. 5,400 b. 28,000 c. 67,000 d. 120,000 e. 3,200,000

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According to the Red Queen hypothesis,

A) the population density of a predator depends on the population density of its prey. B) natural selection should favor the most efficient foragers. C) prey must continually evolve means of avoiding capture to avoid extinction. D) most predators consume a varied diet in order to meet their nutritional requirements.

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The MHC (major histocompatibility complex) is NOT important in

A. distinguishing self from non-self. B. recognizing infected cells. C. identifying bacterial pathogens. D. identifying abnormal cells. E. presenting antigenic determinants.

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