bacterial isolates

How Do You Identify An Unknown In Microbiology?

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How Do You Identify An Unknown In Microbiology? If you have an unknown bacteria and you want to identify it, you’ll typically perform a gram stain and then observe the colony appearance and the individual features. At that point, you can say you have, for example, a gram-negative, aerobic streptobacilli. Why do we identify unknown

How Do You Identify A Bacteria?

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How Do You Identify A Bacteria? Bacteria are identified routinely by morphological and biochemical tests, supplemented as needed by specialized tests such as serotyping and antibiotic inhibition patterns. Newer molecular techniques permit species to be identified by their genetic sequences, sometimes directly from the clinical specimen. How do you identify an unknown bacteria? If you