What are the Nutrient Agar Plates used for?
An agar plate is a sterile Petri dish that contains a growth medium used to culture microorganisms or small plants. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.
Nutrient agar is the most popular agar media on the market today. It is used to culture a wide range of bacteria, molds, and yeasts, though it is not as good for fungus. Contains agar, Pancreatic digest of Casein, and tryptone. These plates are by far the most convenient way to culture bacteria, molds, etc. Offered for sale is a sleeve of 10 Nutrient Agar Prepoured Plates with 10 sterile swabs. These are popular for school science projects, mushroom cultivation and flower propagation among other things. They are high quality, disposable, 100x15mm (4×5/8) petri dishes and come with Nutrient Agar Culture Medium used for bacterial growth studies. The agar is a gelling agent extracted from red algae. The nutrient agar contains beef extract (provides carbohydrates, nitrogen, vitamins, salt), peptone (helps control pH), and agar (a carbohydrate used as a solidifying agent). The swabs are used to transfer samples to the culture plates. The dishes measure 100mm in diameter x 15mm deep. The aga
Materials: Nutrient Agar in plastic petri dishes Inoculation Loop Note: Keep sterile petri dishes closed until ready to pour agar into them. Air-borne contaminants can easily invade an open petri dish. Background Information: Agar is pronounced awger (sounds like fogger without the f). Agar is a gelling agent extracted from red seaweed. Nutrient agar is a commonly used food medium for microbial cultures. Nutrient agar contains: o beef extract (provides carbohydrates, nitrogen, vitamins, salts) o peptone (helps control pH) o agar (a carbohydrate used as a solidifying agent) distilled water (an agent for distributing food materials to growing colonies of micro-organisms) Storage: Stack agar plates upside down in the refrigerator. Do Not Freeze! The purpose of placing the plates upside down is to prevent condensation from dripping down onto the agar surface which could then facilitate movement of organisms between colonies. Setting Up Your Lab Area: 1. Set up your lab in an un cluttered a
Nutrient agar is the most popular agar media on the market today. It is used to culture a wide range of bacteria, molds, and yeasts, though it is not as good for fungus. Contains agar, Pancreatic digest of Casein, and tryptone. These plates are by far the most convenient way to culture bacteria, molds, etc. Offered for sale is a sleeve of 10 Nutrient Agar Prepoured Plates with 10 sterile swabs. These are popular for school science projects, mushroom cultivation and flower propagation among other things. They are high quality, disposable, 100x15mm (4×5/8) petri dishes and come with Nutrient Agar Culture Medium used for bacterial growth studies. The agar is a gelling agent extracted from red algae. The nutrient agar contains beef extract (provides carbohydrates, nitrogen, vitamins, salt), peptone (helps control pH), and agar (a carbohydrate used as a solidifying agent). The swabs are used to transfer samples to the culture plates. The dishes measure 100mm in diameter x 15mm deep. The aga
