The MIC is the _____ of a drug that is required to inhibit growth of a microbe.

A) standard dose
B) largest concentration
C) smallest concentration
D) lowest dilution


Ans: C) smallest concentration

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Four of the five answers listed below are related by a common phase of mitosis. Select the exception

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Which of the following transgenic techniques requires ES cells to be collected from the inner blastocyst?

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