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You can't sterilize blood as it would hemolize. Blood is sterilized aseptically when it is purchased-meaning the animal (lets say a sheep) is killed in a certain way to ensure this happens. So the blood in your blood agar plate has already been aseptically sterilized
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∙ 9y agoSterilizing blood is impossible, as it would undergo hemolysis. Blood is normally sterilized before being formed into blood agar, by particular methods of draining the blood from animals.
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∙ 13y agoyou get some agar gel and if it is your blood you want check add a bit of blood to the agar gel and wait at least 2 days and check if it sterilized
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What type of media is used for growing a culture from a throat specimen?
blood and chocolate agar plates as well as in universities laboratory Nutrient agar plates are also provided
What is sheeps blood agar made of?
Sheeps blood
Blood agar and chocolate agar are types of enriched media that inhibit certain?
bacteria
Do blood agar support viral cultivation?
No, blood agar does not support viral cultivation. Blood agar is primarily used for culturing bacteria, as it contains nutrients that promote bacterial growth. Viruses require living host cells to replicate, so they cannot be cultured on standard agar media like blood agar.
Why was a blood agar plate used instead of a nutrien agar plate for the hand washing experiment?
because blood agar contain only blood, the culture from the mouth might not grow properly, whereas nutrient agar contain mixture of nutrient and blood, therefore culture from the mouth will properly.
Does Chromobacterium violaceum pit blood agar?
No it does not pit blood agar I am curently studying Chromobcaterium violaceum and recently grew it on a sheep blood agar it did not pit it. Cv turned the agar a brown color.
A common medium used for growing fastidious bacteria is?
Blood Agar, and trypticase soy agar grows semi fastidious
What is the purpose of stabbing the blood agar?
By stabbing the blood agar, the hemolysis will be easier to see and identify.
How do you make pitri dish gel agar?
Agar is generally made by mixing the powdered form with varying ingredients. The powder is based on seaweed extract for nutrient agar, and nutrient agar is generally a base for most other agars - eg. Horse Blood Agar is nutrient agar with horses blood added; Choc agar has defibrinated (cooked) horses blood added.
What type of media is used for growing a culture from a throat specimen?
blood and chocolate agar plates as well as in universities laboratory Nutrient agar plates are also provided
What is sheeps blood agar made of?
Sheeps blood
Agar media required for growth of Neisseria meningitidis?
sheep blood agarchocolate agar
Blood agar and chocolate agar are types of enriched media that inhibit certain?
bacteria
Do blood agar support viral cultivation?
No, blood agar does not support viral cultivation. Blood agar is primarily used for culturing bacteria, as it contains nutrients that promote bacterial growth. Viruses require living host cells to replicate, so they cannot be cultured on standard agar media like blood agar.
Why was a blood agar plate used instead of a nutrien agar plate for the hand washing experiment?
because blood agar contain only blood, the culture from the mouth might not grow properly, whereas nutrient agar contain mixture of nutrient and blood, therefore culture from the mouth will properly.
What is the purpose of stabbing into the blood agar?
Streak stab is most commonly used when inoculating blood agar with hemolytic bacteria. The stabs expose the bacteria to a greater surface area of blood cells and will enhance the hemolysis effect.
Can Lactobacillus grow on blood agar?
yes
