What is the most common way to contaminate a culture?
Cultures become contaminated most often during inoculation. -List 5 ways you can contaminate a culture during inoculation. leaving it open too long, accidentally touching or setting down your loop or needle, working in an environment that contains a lot of airborne contaminants, forgetting to flame your loop or needle properly, resting your broth on its side so that some of the fluid goes up into the cap and down the side of the tube.