The effect it will have on the bacterial growth is that only the aerobic bacteria will grow after 48hours of incubation while anaerobic bacteria will not grow.
Microorganisms can isolated in a microbiology lab through the use of sterile culture media and broths.
A sterile broth is liquid media that is used for bacterial growth while culture media is a semi solid media that is used for the growth and isolation of microorganisms.
Some microorganisms can only grow in oxygen deficit conditions ( anaerobic environment) while some microorganisms can only grow in oxygen rich environment ( aerobic environment).
While sampling for bacteria, and you forget to dip your applicator swab into the sterile broth before swabbing a counter top, only the aerobic bacteria will grow.
This is because it is only the top most part of the broth which receives most of the oxygen will permit the growth of aerobic bacteria only.
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The effect that the applicator swab might have on the bacterial culture since it is not dipped into a sterile broth is that anaerobic bacteria will cease to grow on the bacteria.
A Sterile cotton pointed applicators are multi-purpose medical equipment used for a range of minor surgical activities e.g. for soothing an itch on the patient's face.
Benefits of using a sterile swab are that it helps the surgical equipment to be free from bacteria and it can be used in:
The effect that the applicator swab might have on the bacterial culture since it is not dipped into a sterile broth is that anaerobic bacteria will cease to grow on the bacteria while the aerobic bacteria will only be detected for only a period of time.
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