What is the correct way to dispose microbial cultures? Select one: a. Soak cultures for 24 hrs in disinfectant and discard in trash. Soak plates or tubes in disinfectant for 24 hrs. before disposing the culture in regular trash. b. A broth culture can be disposed in the sink drain. c. Discard microbial culture in trash. No need to soak in any disinfectant. d. Soak culture in disinfectant for 3 min and dispose in trash e. Scrape all microbes from culture into a opaque plastic bag and dispose in trash. Clear my choice
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