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⦁ What technique can be used as the first step to identifying bacteria?

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Following isolation, one of the first steps in identifying a bacterial isolate is the Gram stain, which allows for the determination of the Gram reaction, morphology, and arrangement of the organism.

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Isolating a single bacterium species is the first step in identifying the bacteria possibly responsible for a disease process.

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