When adding Barritt's reagent to your MRVP broth, you see a red color change. This means that acetoin was produced of glucose metabolism.

a. true
b. false


Ans: a. true

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Which of the following is most likely to favor the evolution of highly virulent parasites?

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