Palko's Medical Laboratory Procedures 3rd Edition by Danielle Wilken, Phyllis Cox

Exercise 33

Choose the best answer for the following questions.

In microscope examination of a Gram stain smear, dark blue spherical-shaped bacteria arranged in chains were observed. They are most likely:

a.Streptococcus

b. Staphylococcus

c. E. coli

d. rhinovirus