Microbiology: Principles and Explorations
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ISBN: 9781118743164
Author: Jacquelyn G. Black, Laura J. Black
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 6, Problem 14SQ
Blood agar is often used to observe changes in the appearance of the agar around the colonies growing on this medium. This medium could then be called:
- (a) Selective
- (b) Designated
- (c) Differential
- (d) Defined
- (e) Exact
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