The Five I's of Studying Microorganisms Include All of the Following

Question

The Five I's of studying microorganisms include all of the following except ______.
A) isolation
B) incubation
C) infection
D) identiﬁcation
E) inoculation

Accepted Answer

Infection is not one of the Five I's of studying microorganisms. The Five I's include isolation, incubation, inoculation, identification, and inspection (or observation), focusing on the methods used to study and analyze microorganisms, not on causing disease or infection.