More widely available food chain for other predators, an increase in population of the prey.
<span>To verify the purity of a
colony, a number of steps could be adopted. Pick the colony and dissolve it in sterile
water (approximately 5ml), streak in media again and incubate. Observe if it
produces pure colonies of the chosen organisms and if not, repeat the procedure
until pure colonies are produced. Additionally, one could perform additional tests
that categorize bacteria such as Gram staining. </span>
A substance that tends to reduce the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved (took that right from dictionary.com)