Given the following, Temp: Growth

0C: -
15C: -
25C: ++
35C: +++
42C: +
55C: +

A) What are the cardinal temperatures of this bacterium?
B) Is this organism a psychrophile?


A) 25-55C
B) No, the organism is more characteristic of a mesophile. But instead of having growth between 15 and 45C is has growth from 25-55C.

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