Question 3

(Multiple Choice)

A laboratory professional is testing a new antimicrobial soap. The tech washes her forearm then does a culture of the skin. Which organisms should she most likely expect to find growing in the culture?


A) Diphtheroids and Bacillus spp.
B) Staphylococcus epidermidis and Propionibacterium
C) S. aureus and Propionibacterium
D) Diphtheroids and Propionibacterium
E) None of these organisms should be found.

Answer

B