If you had a liquid culture containing three different species of bacteria, how could the use of a Petri dish confirm this fact? How the use of a Petri dish could generate pure cultures of each body?

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Chapter7: Basic Clinical Microbiology
Section7.7: Bacterial Identification And Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing
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If you had a liquid culture containing three different species of
bacteria, how could the use of a Petri dish confirm this fact?
How the use of a Petri dish could generate pure cultures of each
body?

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