Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
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The process for finding previously unknown types of bacteria and the techniques that reveal unknown microorganisms.
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Many different techniques are available for the identification of bacteria which is a careful as well as a systematic process that finds out microorganisms from an unknown bacterial culture. The characteristics and morphology of the bacteria can be studied under microscopes and in laminar flow hoods.
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