liquid media - ANSWER✔✔-to grow large number or organisms (nutrient broth)
solid media - ANSWER✔✔-used to examine colony morphology of organisms and to help isolate pure
cultures
complex media - ANSWER✔✔-chemical composition is unknown
synthetic media - ANSWER✔✔-made of strict list of inorganic compounds and carbon sources
general purpose media - ANSWER✔✔-supports growth of wade range of organisms (nutrient broth,
nutrient agar, tryptic soy broth)
selective media - ANSWER✔✔-media that selects for a certain type of microbe by providing optimal
conditions for its growth
differential media - ANSWER✔✔-allow certain bacteria to be differentiated from others, typically by
change in color, production of clearing zones
exoenzymes - ANSWER✔✔-enzymes that are secreted by cells into their environment
3 common exoenzymes - ANSWER✔✔-amylase, caseinase, gelatinase
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