Why is culturebased detection the goldstandard Why is it imp

Why is culture-based detection the “gold-standard”? Why is it impractical in many cases? In one paragraph or less, make a case for PCR-based methods as new gold standard for viruses.

Solution

Hi,

Culture based detection is still gold standard for analysis and counting of environmental legionella and other microorganism in water.

It is very popular method and used commonly.

But besides of its popularity it has several drawbacks.

Which are:

Due to above drawbacks it is impractical in many cases.

Pcr based method as new gold standard for viruses:

I hope my answer is satisfactory.

Thanks!!