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Why can't you swab your mouth or sneeze cough or spit on an agar plate?
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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.
Describe the aseptic technique that would be used when flooding the agar plate with bacteria?
An agar plate was flooded with a culture of a species of bacterium usually found in the mouth. Four steriled paper discs, A, B, C, and D, each containing a different brand of mouthwash, were then placed on the agar plate. The drawing shows the appearance of the plate after it had been incubated below body temperature for three days, this is to ensure that the bacteria are not harmful to humans. Describe the aseptic technique that would be used when flooding the agar plate with bacteria
What is the name of the streak when you apply specimen to agar plate?
It is called a streak plate, inoculating the agar plate with a zig-zag motion.
When is a starch agar plate used?
Agar is used to culture bacteria for scientific research.
What is standard methods agar plates used for?
Agar plate method is used to culture bacteria in lab .
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.
Where should a label be written on an agar plate?
On the base of the agar plate.
Where should a label written on an agar plate?
On the base of the agar plate.
What does it mean to inoculate an agar plate?
to inoculate an agar plate you would place bacteria on the agar to grow
Describe the aseptic technique that would be used when flooding the agar plate with bacteria?
An agar plate was flooded with a culture of a species of bacterium usually found in the mouth. Four steriled paper discs, A, B, C, and D, each containing a different brand of mouthwash, were then placed on the agar plate. The drawing shows the appearance of the plate after it had been incubated below body temperature for three days, this is to ensure that the bacteria are not harmful to humans. Describe the aseptic technique that would be used when flooding the agar plate with bacteria
What is a Mac plate?
MacConkey Agar plate
What is the name of the streak when you apply specimen to agar plate?
It is called a streak plate, inoculating the agar plate with a zig-zag motion.
Why are there areas on the agar jelly where no bacteria are growing?
There are areas on the agar plate where no bacteria grow because that area was missed when the plate was streaked.
When is a starch agar plate used?
Agar is used to culture bacteria for scientific research.
How do colonies on the surface of a pour plate differ from those suspended in agar?
How do colonies on the surface of a pour plate differ from those suspended in the agar?
Prewarm agar plates?
before bacterial culture, the media containing agar i.e. solid agar should dry in the incubator, that is prewarm agar plate.
What is standard methods agar plates used for?
Agar plate method is used to culture bacteria in lab .
