The colours of bacteria and fungi

Talking about colours, a bacteriology laboratory can be compared to a painter’s studio: culture media are like canvasses, bacteria and fungi like paints and sterile loops look like extraordinary paintbrushes. Even Sir Alexander Fleming, the father of penicillin, before making his discovery, took ple...

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Main Author: Ersilia Vita Fiscarelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2019-11-01
Series:Microbiologia Medica
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Online Access:https://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/mm/article/view/8631
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The colours of bacteria and fungi
Microbiologia Medica
Colours
Laboratory
Bacteria
Fungi
title The colours of bacteria and fungi
title_full The colours of bacteria and fungi
title_fullStr The colours of bacteria and fungi
title_full_unstemmed The colours of bacteria and fungi
title_short The colours of bacteria and fungi
title_sort colours of bacteria and fungi
topic Colours
Laboratory
Bacteria
Fungi
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