Microbiology: A Systems Approach 4th Edition by Marjorie Kelly Cowan

Exercise 13

Process Figure 3.10. If you were using the streak plate method to plate a very dilute broth culture (with many fewer bacteria than the broth used for 3a) would you expect to see single, isolated colonies in area 4 or area 3 Explain your answer.
Process Figure 3.10 Methods for isolating bacteria.