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mentioned here merely for completeness of the discussion on bac 

 terial identification. 



It bears repeating that the reactions discussed in this chapter 

 are only a few representatives of the untold numbers of physiologi- 

 cal tests employed in microbial identification. Individual labora- 

 tories have their own media preferences, and additions to or dele- 

 tions from the Hst of reactions presented here should not be 

 surprising. 



