1. Where is staphylococcus aureus commonly found? 2. What staphylococcus aureus  its significance in medical microbiology?  3. Is staphylococcus aureus an obligate aerobe or facultative anaerobes?

1.What types of damage to human tissues can result from prolonged exposures to UV radiation? What protective measures can be taken to limit these types of damage, both during the experiment and in everyday life? 2.Which B. megaterium culture, logarithmic or stationary phase, would show the best survival following exposure to UV radiation?

A patient comes to your office complaining of a productive cough, night sweats, and unexplained weight loss. You perform a Kinyoun acid-fast stain of his sputum and see the acid fast positive organisms depicted in the picture What is the organism most likely causing the disease? C Staphylococcus aureus Mycobacterium tuberculosis O Mycobacterium leprae Mycobacterium fortuitum

(1) Which of the following pieces of information need to be cited in a microbiology lab report?1. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative bacillus Yes / No2. It is well established that P. aeruginosa is positive for both the catalase and cytochrome oxidasetests Yes / No3. A recent study found that hyperbaric oxygen treatment might increase P. aeruginosasusceptibility to antibiotics in cystic fibrosis patients Yes / No4. P. aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen Yes / No5. P. aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that causes about 51,000 infections in the USannually Yes / No