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One of the more common gelling agents used in microbiology is Agar, or more specifically agarose and agaropectin, polysaccharides derived from red algae (of which several species are commonly referred to as "seaweed").
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What are the 4 key steps in production of microbiological media are?
production of microbiological media
Polysaccharide that acts as a solidifying agent in microbiological media?
agar
What is the chemistry of common buffers used in microbiological media?
Some of the chemistry of common buffers used in microbiological media include amino acids and peptones. Usually, an acidic buffer is used.
What are different types of microbiological media?
There are various types of microbiological media used for culturing microorganisms, such as agar plates for solid media, broth for liquid media, selective media to encourage growth of specific organisms, differential media to distinguish different types of organisms based on their growth characteristics, and enrichment media to help grow fastidious microbes.
What are the three main types of microbiological culture media?
according to consistency , according to function , according to constituents
What are the main function of the agar in the plant tissue culture medium?
It is used to solidify the media.
What are 2 advantages agar has over gelatin for microbiological media?
Agar is made from vegetable matter - Gelatin is made from animal bones.
What is the purpose of the agar?
Agar is used to solidify microbiological media. Having a solid media allows microbiologists to see colonies of bacteria this eases the identification of a single microbe in a mixed population it also allows the selection of variants in a population, it perhaps allows identification from colonial morphology and enumeration of bacteria. Solid media in lawn cultures (spread plates) are used to calculate zones of diffusion/inhibition. Agar is used rather than other substances as reativly few microbes can manufacture the digestive enzymes required to break it down, so the solid media does not become liquid. ---- It is a solidifying agent.
Why would you use a UV lamp for microbiology?
As UV only kill the Microorganism.Microbiological media contain the agar & for agar dissolve at 90 degree temperature that's why we cannot use UV to sterlize microbiological media
What is the purpose of Resazurin dye?
Resazurin dye is used in microbiological culture media for anaerobes as an indicator of the presence of oxygen. The dye turns pink when oxygen is present.
What is SAB Agar?
Sab agaea (Sabouar agar) is a type of microbiological media that is used for fungi cultivation. It have love pH witch inhibit the growth of most bacteria.
What are the problems normally occur in rapid sand filter media and the solutions?
Worst problem is when your media solidify like a rock. The solution is to replaced the media.This worst scenario ca be eliminated with proper bacwashing and air scouring of the media
