Which of the five sampled areas of the body (mouth, ears, finger, hair, and nose is expected to have the most number of microorganisms? Provide an explanation. Based on surface and consistency of the observed colonies from the representative plates, which among the body parts may contain potentially pathogenic microbes? Provide an explanation

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Microbial Isolation

Isolation of the microorganisms in microbiology is the process of developing a pure culture by separating one species of microbe from a mixture of many other species. A pure culture is a culture that contains only one species of microbe.