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Streak stab is most commonly used when inoculating blood agar with hemolytic bacteria. The stabs expose the bacteria to a greater surface area of blood cells and will enhance the hemolysis effect.
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∙ 13y agoBy stabbing the blood agar, the hemolysis will be easier to see and identify.
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A common medium used for growing fastidious bacteria is?
Blood Agar, and trypticase soy agar grows semi fastidious
How do you make pitri dish gel agar?
Agar is generally made by mixing the powdered form with varying ingredients. The powder is based on seaweed extract for nutrient agar, and nutrient agar is generally a base for most other agars - eg. Horse Blood Agar is nutrient agar with horses blood added; Choc agar has defibrinated (cooked) horses blood added.
Agar media required for growth of Neisseria meningitidis?
sheep blood agarchocolate agar
When bacteria from a throat swab are streaked on blood agar why is the agar stabbed several times with the loop?
first of all the method of stabbing the agar is no only for throat sample but can be for all specimen except for liquid samples such as urine. the second thing is by stabbing the loop, you can save your time to sterile the loop back. and the other thing is to make sure the loop are no hot anymore..
If you use petri dishes for blood do you have to use nutrient agar powder too?
if you use petri dishes do you put nutrient agar in it if your using blood?
What is the purpose of stabbing the blood agar?
By stabbing the blood agar, the hemolysis will be easier to see and identify.
What is the purpose of of agar in nutrient agar?
To make it semi-solid
Does Chromobacterium violaceum pit blood agar?
No it does not pit blood agar I am curently studying Chromobcaterium violaceum and recently grew it on a sheep blood agar it did not pit it. Cv turned the agar a brown color.
A common medium used for growing fastidious bacteria is?
Blood Agar, and trypticase soy agar grows semi fastidious
How do you make pitri dish gel agar?
Agar is generally made by mixing the powdered form with varying ingredients. The powder is based on seaweed extract for nutrient agar, and nutrient agar is generally a base for most other agars - eg. Horse Blood Agar is nutrient agar with horses blood added; Choc agar has defibrinated (cooked) horses blood added.
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 is sheeps blood agar made of?
Sheeps blood
What actors and actresses appeared in Blood Blood Blood - 2009?
The cast of Blood Blood Blood - 2009 includes: Mark Melbower as Stabbing Guy 2 Jacob Van Benthem as Stabbing Guy 1
When bacteria from a throat swab are streaked on blood agar why is the agar stabbed several times with the loop?
first of all the method of stabbing the agar is no only for throat sample but can be for all specimen except for liquid samples such as urine. the second thing is by stabbing the loop, you can save your time to sterile the loop back. and the other thing is to make sure the loop are no hot anymore..
Agar media required for growth of Neisseria meningitidis?
sheep blood agarchocolate agar
Blood agar and chocolate agar are types of enriched media that inhibit certain?
bacteria
How do you strelise blood agar?
You can't sterilize blood as it would hemolize. Blood is sterilized aseptically when it is purchased-meaning the animal (lets say a sheep) is killed in a certain way to ensure this happens. So the blood in your blood agar plate has already been aseptically sterilized
