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the source of your mixed culture is a sputum sample from a person who is exhibiting mild shortness of breath, coughing spells and some blood staining of the sputum.what else would you do here to identify the causative organism?

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Hi Diana; I am afraid you are asking me do your homework for you and I am unsure how much effort you are putting into answering these questions. I am a teacher first and an expert on biology second.  My policy with homework is to have the student answer the question first and then I will correct it. For this question look up Koch's postulates.

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Walter Hintz

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Science teacher for over 50 years. MSc. in biology. I can answer questions in general biology, zoology, botany, anatomy and physiology and biochemistry.

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I have a MSc in biology and have been a science teacher for over 50 years. At present I am a faculty member at a college and a science consultant at seven catholic schools.

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