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Question 3 What are two things you can do to maintain an aseptic environment when working with microorganisms? For the toolbar, press ALT+F10 (PC) or ALT+FN+F10 (Mac).

Answer 1

While we are working with microorgansims, there is always a threat of contamination of the medium, for which we need to work in aseptic (without contamination) mediums-

We can do this by following given strategies-

1) The surfaces on which the work is to be done should be thoroughly disinfected before starting the work, so that if there are any microbes present will get killed before-hand.

2) We should always work in a laminar air hood with fan and flame on on. Laminar air flow provides an aseptic method of working with microorganisms while fan and flame keeps in taking care of maintaining aseptic conditions.

3) The lids of petridishes should be kept closed and the cultures/media should not be kept open for too long.

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