Laboratory Experiments in Microbiology (12th Edition) (What's New in Microbiology)
Laboratory Experiments in Microbiology (12th Edition) (What's New in Microbiology)
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ISBN: 9780134605203
Author: Ted R. Johnson, Christine L. Case
Publisher: PEARSON
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The reason for using the heterotrophic plate count preferred for the food instead of other techniques such as direct microscopic and turbidity.

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A culture plate:

In biology, it is a low and flat-bottomed laboratory container. It is useful to grow a layer of organisms on a thin nutrient medium layer. These include the molds, bacterias, and other cells. The most ordinary types of culture plates are the multiwell plate and the Petri dish.

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