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What is the difference between himedia ready to use nutrient agar plate and nutrient agar plates prepared by dehydrated media?
Ready to use plates are more expensive because the main difference between the two is the amount of work you have to do. Already made plates and ready to go. Dehydrated you need to make the agar from scratch and pour into empty petri, and wait for it to solidify before you can use them.
What is the purpose of of agar in nutrient agar?
To make it semi-solid
Why must warm agar be cooled down at 45 47 celsius before agar plates are poured?
Why we cool agar before pouring depends on WHY we are pouring it. If we are pouring a gel or standard media for streak culture then we allow some cooling to take place because we don't want to burn our fingers. If we are pouring a pour plate we allow a lot of cooling to take place so we don't kill our microbes through heat steralization. As my teacher used to say "boiled bugs don't grow".
Which group of algae produce agar agar?
Agar comes from Red Algae (primarily the Gracilaria genus).It mainly is produed from the red algae Gracilaria lichenoides.This algae is harvested along the western coast of the United States and in parts of Asia. To extract the agar the Algae is boiled, cooled, purified and then dried. The agar is then make into blocks, flakes, or granules.("Agar agar" is usually abbreviated as "agar".)
What are plates that make earthquakes happen called?
techonic plates
What is the difference between himedia ready to use nutrient agar plate and nutrient agar plates prepared by dehydrated media?
Ready to use plates are more expensive because the main difference between the two is the amount of work you have to do. Already made plates and ready to go. Dehydrated you need to make the agar from scratch and pour into empty petri, and wait for it to solidify before you can use them.
How do you make a sentence with inoculate?
During the microbiology lab, the students were instructed to inoculate the agar plates with the bacterial culture.
What is the purpose of of agar in nutrient agar?
To make it semi-solid
What brands contain Agar?
Agar or agar-agar is gelatin substances that can be obtain from algae. In culinary agar refers to a vegetable gelatin that is being used to make jellies, puddings, and custards products.
What is the principle of agar diffusion method?
how to make a well on the agar for pour the extract
Why must warm agar be cooled down at 45 47 celsius before agar plates are poured?
Why we cool agar before pouring depends on WHY we are pouring it. If we are pouring a gel or standard media for streak culture then we allow some cooling to take place because we don't want to burn our fingers. If we are pouring a pour plate we allow a lot of cooling to take place so we don't kill our microbes through heat steralization. As my teacher used to say "boiled bugs don't grow".
Which group of algae produce agar agar?
Agar comes from Red Algae (primarily the Gracilaria genus).It mainly is produed from the red algae Gracilaria lichenoides.This algae is harvested along the western coast of the United States and in parts of Asia. To extract the agar the Algae is boiled, cooled, purified and then dried. The agar is then make into blocks, flakes, or granules.("Agar agar" is usually abbreviated as "agar".)
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 is the function on bile in Eosin Methylene Blue agar?
To make the Eosin Methylene BLue Agar look cool and hip.
What are the functions of thallophyta?
1) it is used by aquatic organisms as food. 2) it is to make some chemicals like agar-agar.
What do you add to a liquid media to make it solid?
AGAR
Why did you use an inoculating loop instead of a needle to make the transfers from the culture plates to the culture tubes?
A inoculating loop is used for transfers from culture plates to culture tubes instead of the inoculating needle because the needle could puncture the agar in tube. The loop is much easier as well to get liquid amount into the tube.
