Microbiology: A Systems Approach
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781259706615
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 21, Problem 3MCQ
Which is not a characteristic of Streptococcus pyogenes?
- a. group A streptococcus
- b. alpha-hemolytic
- c. sensitive to bacitracin
- d. grain-positive
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Microbiology: A Systems Approach
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