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An unknown bacterium produces colorless colonies when inoculated onto an EMB plate. Predict what you would see if you inoculated that same unknown onto the Mannitol salt agar media?

Basic Clinical Laboratory Techniques 6E

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ISBN:9781133893943

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Chapter7: Basic Clinical Microbiology

Section7.7: Bacterial Identification And Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing

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