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Put agar jelly in a petri dish to sterilize the dish and then use something like a sterile inoculating loop to put the bacteria on the jelly. Then, seal the petri dish but make sure it is not airtight.
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How can you set up a bacteria culture in a school lab?
Get agar jelly and insert your penis into the culture.
What is the use of agar?
agar slant - save space (advantage) - suitable for long-term storage agar plate - short-term storage - used for assays Broth culture - ... agar slant - save space (advantage) - suitable for long-term storage agar plate - short-term storage - used for assays Broth culture - ...
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.
Macconkey agar is a selective medium and it is also a defined or a undefined medium so why is that a formulation desirable?
This type of agar is designed to grow gram-negative bacteria. It will not grow gram-positive bacteria due to a dye in the formula of the agar.
What equipment can be used to grow bacteria?
Agar and petri dishes.
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.
What is a nutrient jelly for growing bacteria?
Normaly it is just labeled "Nutreiant Jelly" But it is really Agar Jelly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agar
What type of semisolid medium is used to grow bacteria?
Agar is a semi solid medium used to grow bacteria.
What jelly like substance can you grow microbes on the lab?
The jelly like substance is agar and is produced from seaweed. In the laboratory, the agar is placed in a Petri Dish.
What does it mean to inoculate an agar plate?
to inoculate an agar plate you would place bacteria on the agar to grow
Why does gram-positive bacteria grow in mannitol agar?
Gram-positive bacteria grows in Mannitol agar because it contains a high level of salt. This type of agar allows only certain types of bacteria to grow, making it selective.Ê
What do scientists grow bacteria on?
Agar (a seaweed derivative)
What kind of agar should be used to grow bacteria from hands before and after washing for a grade 8 science fair?
blood or nutrient agar would work, but blood agar will most likely grow more bacteria.
How can you set up a bacteria culture in a school lab?
Get agar jelly and insert your penis into the culture.
What is the use of agar?
agar slant - save space (advantage) - suitable for long-term storage agar plate - short-term storage - used for assays Broth culture - ... agar slant - save space (advantage) - suitable for long-term storage agar plate - short-term storage - used for assays Broth culture - ...
What workplace uses agar?
Agar is a solid form of nutrient for different strains of bacteria. Anyone who needs to grow bacteria for use in their labs or experiments would use agar.
Why did you stab the peptone iron agar instead of inoculating only the surface?
Because the peptone iron agar is used to detect ANAEROBIC bacteria. If you stab it deep into the agar you allow the bacteria to grow in the absence of oxygen. If you only inoculated the surface the bacteria wouldn't grow.
