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it is used to count the colonies
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What does it mean to inoculate an agar plate?
to inoculate an agar plate you would place bacteria on the agar to grow
What are the sources of error when performing a viable plate count?
Sampling error can a rise where as, the uneven distribution of the sample on the agar surface.
What is a Mac plate?
MacConkey Agar plate
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 isolation media in microbiology?
The growth media such as nutrient agar or Mckonkey agar is used to isolate microbial cells from the mix culture when inoculate on them. Some time speical media is used which selectivly grow some time of bacteria or a differential media which give different morphology of different bacterial species e.g. blood agar and Mannitol salt agar. It can be done by three ways: the spread plate method, the streak plate method, and the pour plate method.
What function has glucose in Plate count agar?
give energy
When is a starch agar plate used?
Agar is used to culture bacteria for scientific research.
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.
What is standard methods agar plates used for?
Agar plate method is used to culture bacteria in lab .
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
What agar plate is used to grow yeast and moulds in laboratory?
Sim
Why prevention in formation of bubbles in agar plate preparation?
To avoid the bubbles from being count as a colony because they look exactly the same.
What are the sources of error when performing a viable plate count?
Sampling error can a rise where as, the uneven distribution of the sample on the agar surface.
What are some advantages and disadvantages of the serial dilution agar plate technique?
the total count includes dead as well as living cells
What is a Mac plate?
MacConkey Agar plate
