Prescott's Microbiology
Prescott's Microbiology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781260211887
Author: WILLEY, Sandman, Wood
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Chapter 29.2, Problem 1MI
Summary Introduction

The isolation of microbes is important to obtain a single microbe in the population. As the microbes are almost present everywhere, it means that the environment contain more different species of microbes is available. The isolation is important to separate the desired microbe from the mixed population.   

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