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0.85% saline solution is isotonic for most cells. If you don't care if the bacteria live or die use water.
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Is Saline a suspension?
that question does not make sense... do you mean are the salts in a saline SOLUTION in suspension? No... they are in solution. If you tried to seperate the salt from the water you could not unless you bolied off the water/cooled it down
Why do you use saline water when preparing a plate with blood agar?
TONICITY
Why is saline used in microbiology?
Saline is sterilized and used to suspend and wash bacterial cells. Saline is used as distilled water would cause the cells to lyse due to osmosis. The saline solution is a solution of salt and water, it contains no source of energy.
What is bacterial suspension?
Refers to the bacteria suspended on the petri dish or growth medium.
What would be the dilution if 96 mL of diluent is added to 4 ml of a bacterial suspension?
100
Why is saline used in bacterial serial dilution?
Because the osmotic pressure of "plain" water can be too much for bacteria, causing them to pop, and throw off your colony counts during your serial dilutions. A buffered saline solution keeps the bacteria at their usual osmotic pressure. Typical saline is 0.85%.
How do you make a 9 percent saline solution?
To make a 9 percent saline solution, start by preparing a 100 percent salt solution. With a bottle of 100 percent salt water, take 9 percent and dilute with distilled water to make a 9 percent saline solution.
Can sterile saline be used interchangeably with injectable saline?
no sterile saline cannot be used because strile saline is different from injectable saline. strile saline is used for irrigating the wound and injectable saline in given intravenously
What is the function of pound Agar?
LB Broth allows you to create a suspension of bacterial cells from your original colony growing on an agar plate. It provides the necessary nutrients and environment for optimal replication. In suspension, bacterial cells can be plated onto more agar plates, in order to create a streak to cultivate colonies from a single cell, or used to in purification reaction in order to extract the transformed plasmid.
Where is the Saline Branch in Saline located?
The address of the Saline Branch is: 1434 Fourth Street, Saline, 71070 M
What is milk magnesia?
Milk of magnesia is a suspension of magnesium hydroxide, or Mg(OH)2, in water. It is commonly used as an antacid and saline laxative.
What is the county seat of Saline County?
It depends on which Saline County you want. There are five Saline Counties across the US in different states. The county seats for each Saline County is as follows: * Saline County, Arkansas: Benton * Saline County, Illinois: Harrisburg * Saline County, Kansas: Salina * Saline County, Missouri: Marshall * Saline County, Nebraska: Wilber
