Question

In exercise 2-4, after you have obtained a pure culture plate, you use cells from a single isolated colony to ______.

Answer 1

Answer:

c. make a smear for a differential stain.

Explanation:

After isolating a pure culture it is necessary to inoculate the microorganism in a differential medium. Differential culture media enable the differentiation of microorganisms or groups of microorganisms. These media contain specific dyes or chemicals for growth of desired microorganisms.