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Answer:
lower power= 20 x 10= 200x
higher power= 20 x 43= 860x
Microbiology studies organisms too small to be seen with the naked eye
Answer:
The culture might not be stained properly or the culture might be too old.
Explanation:
Gram staining is done to differentiate between gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria according to the difference in their cell wall. In gram staining, the gram-positive bacteria appears violet and gram-negative bacteria appear pink in color.
Therefore if a pure culture contains have both red and purple cocci that it can be concluded that the gram stating was not done properly like too much destaining was done or too much safranin was used or maybe the culture is too old so that cell wall of some bacteria degrades.
It would cause the cell membrane to "pop" like a balloon. b the cell would not be able to get enough of the gases and nutrients it needed. c the cell could not be part of a small organism, such as a mouse. d there would not be enough resources in the cell's environment to feed it.