An Airman 1st Class assigned to the 88th Diagnostics and Therapeutic Squadron performs microbiology procedures at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Medical Center on June 30, 2017. The service member isolates a beta-hemolytic bacterial colony from a sheep blood agar plate as part of diagnostic testing to rule out streptococcal infection from a throat culture. The archival image documents laboratory technique within a military medical facility.

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