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Growth medium

(Science: cell culture) a synthetic medium which is filled with nutrients necessary to the growth of microorganisms or cells being cultured in the lab.


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Bacteria growth on Simmon Citrate Agar

... the Simmon Citrate Agar were supplemented with kanamycin to inhibit the growth of C. necator without plamsid in it. The plates were incubated at ... to be blue after the bacteria utilised the citrate and change the medium into alkaline pH. So, I'm wondering are the bacteria colonies on Simmon ...

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by Venchea
Sat Mar 14, 2009 9:10 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Bacteria growth on Simmon Citrate Agar
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Re: Chocolate Agar

... microbiology. The main purpose of chocolate agar is to support the growth of microorganisms that have fastidious growth requirements. Most bacteria ... better on chocolate than on blood agar, which is the primary plating medium in medical micro labs. Chocolate is a nutrient media, not selective. ...

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by pnkkmi
Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:19 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Chocolate Agar
Replies: 9
Views: 2105

Why the pH value decreased seriously in my algal culture?

... I cultured several flasks of one green microalgae species in TAP medium under irradiance of 90 umol.m-2.s-1, I added 18g/L glucose in the medium, and after 9days of cutlure, I found the aglal culture in bad growth condition though the biomass accumulated was much higher than the control ...

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by onlinebunny
Wed Mar 04, 2009 11:19 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Why the pH value decreased seriously in my algal culture?
Replies: 1
Views: 542

Why the pH value decreased seriously in my algal culture?

... I cultured several flasks of one green microalgae species in TAP medium under irradiance of 90 umol.m-2.s-1, I added 18g/L glucose in the medium, and after 9days of cutlure, I found the aglal culture in bad growth condition though the biomass accumulated was much higher than the control ...

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by onlinebunny
Wed Mar 04, 2009 7:49 am
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Why the pH value decreased seriously in my algal culture?
Replies: 0
Views: 498

Re: incubation of fungi

... a hangover from the old days and has litle technical justification. The medium will be dried out at 4 -6 weeks - whatever the precautions to keep it hydrated. Changes in Aw will diminish any recover and growth at this point is more apt to be contamination. Clinically, it's unwise ...

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by JorgeLobo
Mon Feb 16, 2009 3:52 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: incubation of fungi
Replies: 25
Views: 2048
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