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ISBN: 9781259706615

Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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It is a culture medium or nutrient broth for all kinds of microorganisms to grow properly and create their colony. This matrix provides support to increase the population of microbes through the method of cell proliferation. It is regarded as the food ma…

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Compare and contrast selective and differential media, and give an example of each.

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Solution Summary: The author explains the differences between selective and differential media, which are useful to identify microbes.

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