Which of the following is not a purpose of using nitrocellulose during screening of a DNA library?
A) To transfer colonies to from the agar plates
B) To allow hybridization with a DNA probe
C) To duplicate the colonies for later retrieval of the DNA of interest
D) To grow bacterial colonies

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Nitrocellulose is used in the process of transferring colonies from agar plates (A), allowing hybridization with a DNA probe (B), and duplicating colonies for later retrieval of DNA of interest (C), but it is not a medium for growing bacterial colonies (D). Bacterial colonies are grown on nutrient agar or similar growth media, not on nitrocellulose filters.

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