what they thought was a single micro but ended up being a mix of both pink and purple rods her Benchmade is turned the culture was contaminated if you rule out the culture contamination what would you have
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Step 1: Interpret the colors and shapes: purple rods = Gram-positive rods; pink/red rods = Gram-negative rods. Show more…
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