... to allow quick but aseptic entrance for sample collection. 16. With sterile applicator stick collect a sample of spores (blue-green, moldy decay) from the infected fruit. 17. Streak a Potato Dextrose Agar plate and incubate at room temperature for approximately 5 days. 18. Observe growth of culture periodically with lid intact. 19. Growth may appear as circular, a white fuzzy mass of mycelium or ... ...

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... growth has been inhibited. The size of this zone of inhibition depends on the sensitivity of the bacteria to the specific antibiotic and the antibiotic's ability to diffuse through the agar. After 18 hours of incubation at 35oC, the clear zones are measured. In order to determine if an antibiotic will be effective in treating the bacterial infection, the zone of ... ...

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