Describe and give a specific example of a facilitateddiffusion process.
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- What is the motivation behind the use of stab slant and surface inoculation?Please answer at your own words. explain detection methods of counting microorganism?.Is the Mueller-Hinton Agar (MHA) a complex or defined medium? Explain based on its composition. Is MHA a A) differential, B) selective, C) both differential and selective media, or D) neither? Explain based on what kind of microorganisms it allows to grow.