What is the purpose of including a negative and positive control? Positive control allows us to make sure the bacteria are capable of growing, negative control allows us to determine the background mutation rate of the bacteria Positive control allows us to determine the background mutation rate of the bacteria, negative control allows us to make sure the bacteria are capable of growing
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