What Advantage Does the Plating Method Shown on the Left

question 16

Multiple Choice

What advantage does the plating method shown on the left panel below have over the plating method shown in the right panel?

• A) It can be used to isolate pure colonies.
• B) It can be used to culture viable organisms.
• C) It can be used to produce confluent growth.
• D) It can be used to quantify the number of organisms in a given bacterial sample.

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