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Lab Notes for Exam 1 Section Ex. 2-1: diversity and ubiquity of microoganisms Purpose: Microorganisms are found every where in the environment around us. To demonstrate this and to get a taste of the different types of organisms in our environment, we can culture these microorganisms by collecting them on a swab and transferring them to an agar plate. Media Materials: 1 Tryptic Soy Agar (TSA) plate, 1 sterile swab and 1 tube of sterile saline per person Procedure: We will use a simplified version of the lab manual protocol. The lab manual describes several methods for sample collection. Co