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Q: What nutrients does agar contain?
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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 else has agar in it?

what foods contain agar


The source of nutrients in nutrient agar is?

Peptone and beef extract


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 does agar in the petri dish provide the bacteria with?

A medium (substrate) to grow on and, depending on the agar, nutrients for growth. See link below for more information.


Green algae for agar?

Yes, you can streak some green algae of agar, but you have to known the nutrients you need to add to the agar. For instance Chlamydomonas reinhardtii can be grown on TAP plates, or on high salt plates.


Is agar red algae or green algae?

Red algae cell walls contain agar. while green algae cell walls contain cellulose Answer 2 Agar is a chemical obtained from walls of certain red marine algae .It is not Algae itself .


What is the nutrients in nurtient agar?

Beef extract for carbohydrates Peptone for protein and NaCl as salt


What is non nutrient?

simply agar medium


Why are some bacteria able to grow on count agar that contains milk even though they do not produce any proteases?

Because plate count agar is still agar. therefore, it still has all the nutrients that bacteria require to grow.


Do Tropical soils contain lots of nutrients?

No, they do not. They are "old soils" and contain very few nutrients.


What is the source of nutrients in nutrient agar?

peptone, yeast extract,meat extract..