In this exercise, how should bacterial colonies on your plate that are not S. marcescenes be recorded on the data sheet?

A) (+)
B) (-)


A) (+)
Feedback: Bacterial colonies that are not S. marcescens do not represent the epidemic and are contaminants recorded as (-).

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