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The 12 pages that link to Microbiological culture, each with the reason it gives.

• MetagenomicsCompared with: Metagenomics can include organisms that standard laboratory culture does not recover.

• Aseptic techniqueRelated: Aseptic transfer keeps intended cultures separate from environmental contaminants.

• Food microbiologyRelated: Culturing food samples can detect and characterize organisms, though not all grow readily in the lab.

• InfectionRelated: Culturing can demonstrate viable organisms from a suspected site of infection.

• Blood cultureNarrower topic: Blood culture applies microbial cultivation to a normally sterile specimen.

• SerologyCompared with: Culture seeks viable organisms, whereas serology detects immune markers or antigens.

• Koch's postulatesRelated: Culturing separates a suspected pathogen from other organisms in a diseased host.

• AgarNarrower topic: Solid agar media make it possible to isolate and observe microbial colonies.

• Nucleic acid amplification testCompared with: Culture can demonstrate viable organisms, while a NAAT may detect genetic material after viability is lost.

• Molecular diagnosticsCompared with: Culture detects viable organisms and can enable susceptibility testing; molecular assays detect target sequences.

• Medical microbiologyRelated: Culturing can recover viable pathogens for identification and susceptibility testing.

• Diagnostic microbiologyRelated: Growing an organism from a specimen can establish its presence and provide material for identification and susceptibility testing.