The methodology of microbial ecology includes

A) enrichment and isolation of specific microbes.
B) cell-staining methods.
C) gene, transcript, and protein characterization.
D) enrichment and isolation of specific microbes, cell-staining, and gene, transcript, and protein characterization.


Answer: D

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