Question 1. What does the pink band in the Fluid Thioglycolate Media indicate?
Presence of oxygen
Absence of oxygen
Growth
Carbohydrate Metabolism
Question 2. What would be the effect of using FTM tubes with broad pink zone?
Question 3. Provide an explanation as to why bacteria from each location displayed its pattern of growth.
Question 4. Why is it important to pull the inoculating needle out of the FTM via the same path you inserted it?
Question 5. How would you explain the presence of bacterial growth in the control FTM tube?