What method is best for for isolating a colony on a TSA plate? A. Swab plate B. Straight line inoculation with a loop C. Streak plate with a loop D. Spread plate with a glass spreader
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What method is best for for isolating a colony on a TSA plate?
A. Swab plate
B. Straight line inoculation with a loop
C. Streak plate with a loop
D. Spread plate with a glass spreader
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- In product testing, no colonies appeared. Interpretation: Rationale:Describe the process to make a 4-phase streak plate beginning with your first streak (i.e you have bacterial culture on your sterile loop and are about to start to streak your agar plate ).Which of the following would suggest your stock culture is contaminated? Which of the following would suggest your stock culture is contaminated? Gram stain indicates Gram-positive bacilli. Broth media become turbid. Gram stain indicates both Gram-positive cocci and Gram-negative bacilli. Colony morphology is uniform on the streak isolation plate. Gram stain indicates Gram-positive staphylococci.
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