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2 unusual facts about Microbiological culture


Asiago cheese

Many imitations of Asiago, however, are produced elsewhere using different techniques and cultures that produce a cheese of a similar aspect but with a different taste.

Beecher's Handmade Cheese

Beecher's uses various cheese cultures when mixing cheeses, so a cheddar cheese produced by Beecher's may use cultures not normally intended for cheddar cheese production.


Microsporum audouinii

Tinea capitis develops when an inoculum from another individual or animal comes into a 'compromised scalp.'

Septic arthritis

Diagnosis is by aspiration (giving a turbid, non-viscous fluid), Gram stain and culture of fluid from the joint, as well as tell-tale signs in laboratory testing (such as a highly elevated neutrophils (approx. 90%), ESR or CRP).


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