Agar is a natural polysaccharide extracted from red algae, primarily species of the genera Gelidium and Gracilaria. Agar is composed of two primary components: agarose and agaropectin. It is widely ...

The American Society for Microbiology's Agar Art Contest can be found here. Following is a transcript of the video: Narrator: This artwork is alive. Each one is made from fungi and bacteria.

But it was the adaptation of the agar used in a dessert made by one of the members of Koch's laboratory to make a solid growth medium that ushered in an era in which bacteria could be studied in ...

An inoculating loop can be used to transfer bacteria. It is sterilised by heating it to red hot in a Bunsen flame, before and after use. To inoculate the agar, lift the lid of the Petri dish and tilt.

Some species can replicate themselves in as little as twenty minutes. We can grow bacteria in an incubator on plates of agar jelly with time, nutrients, and an optimum temperature. These girls at ...