You are the supervisor of a new reference microbiology laboratory, which will receive clinical specimens for identi?cation of bacterial pathogens. When choosing the types of media to order for culture and isolation procedures in your laboratory, what question(s) do you need to answer?

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All of the choices are correct because understanding the type of bacteria you will be culturing, the growth factors required by those bacteria, and the kind of microbiota present in patient specimens are all crucial for selecting the appropriate media for culture and isolation procedures in a microbiology laboratory.

You Are the Supervisor of a New Reference Microbiology Laboratory