Organisms demonstrated by the technique shown in Image A belong to the group known as:

a) Spirochetes
b) Bacilli
c) Mycobacteria
d) Fungi


Answer: c) Mycobacteria

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Glacier ice occupied about __________% of Earth's land during the last Ice Age, then began retreating

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