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iLZmDirectioner asked in Science & MathematicsBiology · 6 years ago

Is this Staphylococcus Aureus?

We focused a prepared slide of Staphylococcus aureus using a microscope under MPO and this came out, but we're not really sure because it looks different from what we have seen in the internet. Help please!!!

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Is this Staphylococcus Aureus or NOT?

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  • Anonymous
    6 years ago
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    No. StaphlyoCOCCUS (look at the name) would be circular. All --Coccus bacteria are circular. This looks more like a parasite because its long and curricular

  • Asst Prof
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Doesn't look like it at all. This looks like some kind of thread. Under oil immersion, Staph aureus looks like a bunch of grapes (purple if Gram-stained).

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