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You begin working in a research lab on campus. In the lab'sfreezer you find a tube of preserved bacterial cells. You want togrow the cells, but you do not know what their nutritionalrequirements are. What type of growth medium would be best? Couldsomeone please explain to me why this is the correct answer? I amstill unsure on whether I fully understand complex and define(minimal) media as well.

Incorrect Minimal medium supplemented with only essential growthfactors
Incorrect Complex medium supplemented with inorganic nitrogen
Correct: Complex medium supplemented with a variety ofgrowth factors
Incorrect Minimal medium supplemented with minerals, a carbon,nitrogen, and energy source
Incorrect Minimal medium supplemented with a variety of growthfactors

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The answer is a complex medium with some growth factors Firstly a defined medium means that we know what its constituents are and in wht concentrations eg Minimal media Stock 5X 200 ml 6 g Na2HPO4 3 g KH2PO4 05 g NaCl 1 g NH4Cl    See Answer
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