Contributor Jiatyan Chen; Nathan Lounds; Christopher Irvin; Deon Foster; Cindy Grove Arvidson

Update
10-03-2013
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Sixth grade, Seventh grade, Eighth grade, Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade, Undergraduate
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This site explains the purpose, mechanism, test components, methods, and interpretation of a coagulase. A video demonstrates each step of the test: putting water on the slide, selecting an isolated colony, mixing bacteria with water, adding rabbit plasma and observing for clumping, and proper disposal of equipment.