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HOW TO WRITE AN UNKNOWN LAB REPORT IN MICROBIOLOGY
GENERAL
Unknown reports in microbiology are written in scientific format. Scientific writing is written
differently from other types of writing. The results of the exercise or experiment are what are being
showcased, not the writing. The purpose of scientific writing is not to entertain, but to inform. The
writing should be simple and easy to understand. There is a specific style that must be followed
when writing scientific reports.
Scientific writing is typically written in the passive voice. The pronouns "I", "We" and "They" are
not typically used.. For example, instead of writing "I used a TSA agar plate to isolate my
unknown," it is customary to write, "A trypticase soy agar (TSA) plate was used to isolate the
unknown."
It is also customary to write in the past tense for most of the report. This includes the introduction,
the summary, the description of the materials and methods and the results.......

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