A phenotypic technique of typing microbial strains that consists of analyzing antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of the organism of interest is:
A)biotyping.
B)antibiograms.
C)serotyping.
D)bacteriophage typing.

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Classic phenotypic techniques include antibiograms (analyzing antimicrobial susceptibility patterns),biotyping (analyzing unique biologic or biochemical characteristics),and serotyping (serologic typing of bacterial or viral antigens,such as bacterial cell wall [O] antigens).Bacteriophage typing,which examines the ability of bacteriophages (viruses capable of infecting and lysing bacterial cells)to attack certain strains,has been useful for typing P.aeruginosa and S.aureus,respectively.These techniques,however,are not widely available.

A Phenotypic Technique of Typing Microbial Strains That Consists of Analyzing