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

Exercise 19

Critical thinking is the ability to reason and solve problems using facts and concepts. These questions can be approached from a number of angles and, in most cases, they do not have a single correct answer.
Summarize in order the general steps one would take to identify the exact strain of the bacterium causing a patient's infection, using one particular methodology as your example.