Biology GCSE
Contaminants
What Contaminants means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Contaminants
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Unwanted microorganisms that can grow on the medium and produce colonies not caused by the test organism, making results invalid.
Topics that use Contaminants
- Culturing microorganisms (biology only) (AQA GCSE)
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