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Minimal medium
1). Contain a simple carbon source and inorganic source of all other nutrients
2). Prototrophs can grow
3). Auxotrophs can grow
General purpose of medium
1). Grow many MOs
2). Enrich medium to grow fastidious MOs and supplement
Selective medium
1). Contains inhibitors to surpress certainMOs
2). To isolate desired Mos from mixed populations
Differential medium
1). Contain indicators to react with certain products from metabolish
2). To distinguish two or more MOs
3). Can be both selective and differential
Pure Culture
1). a single kind of MO is in here
2). They are all identical cells
Colony
A visible cell mass on solid medium formed from the multiplication of a single cell
Selective media Vs. Differential media
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