The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)can Detect as Few as 10

question 29

True/False

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR)can detect as few as 10 toxin-producing Escherichia coli in a population of 100,000 microorganisms isolated from soft cheese samples.

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