Explain the types of cultures in cultivation of micro organisms.

      

Explain the types of cultures in cultivation of micro organisms.

  

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Kavungya
Pure culture – is a container of medium that grows only a single known species or type of microorganism. Contains only one species or type of microbe.

Axenic culture – culture that is free of other living things except the one being studied (commonly used in laboratory for study).
- A standard method of preparing a pure culture is subculture or make a second level culture from a well isolated colony.
- A tiny bit of cells is transferred into a separate container of media and incubated.

A mixed culture is a container that holds two or more easily differentiated species of microorganisms.

Contaminated culture – a pure or mixed culture containing unwanted microbes (contaminants) (contaminants disrupt tests and experiments)
Contains both known and unknown (unwanted) microorganisms
Kavungya answered the question on March 13, 2019 at 05:40


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