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What does the term isolation refer to in microbiology?
Separation of a strain from a natural, mixed population of living microbes
When did the laboratory techniques of isolating microbes first develop?
During the 19th century
Who successfully introduced liquid medium in 1860 for microbial culture?
Louis Pasteur
When were solid cultures developed for microbial isolation?
1881
Test your knowledge of microbiology isolation techniques and the history of laboratory methods for separating microbes from natural populations. This quiz covers the development of isolation techniques in bacteriology, parasitology, and virology.
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