Foundations in Microbiology
Foundations in Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259705212
Author: Kathleen Park Talaro, Barry Chess Instructor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 3.4, Problem 17CYP
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The similarities and differences among pure, mixed, and contaminated cultures.

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Microorganisms are isolated and cultured for various reasons. Culture is the observable growth that appears in or on the medium. Sometimes cultures are colonies of a single microbe or more than one microbe depending on the purposes for which they are cultured.

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