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What is responsible for solidifying nutrient agar plates?
Agar
What is the purpose of of agar in nutrient agar?
To make it semi-solid
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 are BHI plates?
In biology, BHI plates are plates consisting of Brain Heart Infusion (BHI) agar. This is a general purpose nutrient medium recommended for the cultivation and isolation of a variety of microorganisms, including bacteria, yeasts, and molds.
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 nutrient agar?
simply agar medium
If an organism can grow on both a nutrient agar and a MacConkey Agar on which would you expect it to grow better?
The organism would be expected to grow better in nutrient agar. Nutrient agar is rich in nutrients and microorganisms grow well when there is availability of nutrients.
What is the color of nutrient agar?
Nutrient agar is a clear pale buff colour.
What is non-nutrient agar?
simply agar medium
What is the composition of modified nutrient glucose agar media?
Modified nutrient glucose agar is composed of agar, water, glucose, extracts, peptone and sodium chloride. Modified nutrient glucose agar allows organisms to grow.
What is alger plates?
Do you mean "agar plates"? Agar agar is a seaweed that, when boiled, makes a product similar to gelatin. This stuff is edible, so vegans who liked jello can have it. It's used by boiling it in water, adding things to it, pouring it into petri dishes and letting it harden to use in making bacteria cultures. Some of the things that are added to it are beef broth--"nutrient agar"--and blood--"blood agar."
What organisms don't grow on broad spectrum nutrient agar?
In my experiments of growing cultures on agar plates, I found Nutrient Agar's usually grow mostly molds and fungi. It's bacteriological growth is wide, yes, but I found that even after a few uses it started growing specifics (mostly gram negative coccus and bacillus).
