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icelimit@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Why do these agar plates always have two intersecting lines on one side and nothing on the other side? Is it like an environment control thing?
Comment on Prove your humanity.
icelimit@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Why do these agar plates always have two intersecting lines on one side and nothing on the other side? Is it like an environment control thing?
Little_mouse@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
The standard way to streak a plate involves creating a resevoir of the sample you are studying, then using a sterile tool to streak through that at a steep angle. Then you streak through the first streak with another sterile tool, and so on and so forth.
As you streak through lines, the amount of bacteria pulled along is reduced until you are able to isolate individual colonies.
icelimit@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Til! Thanks!
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Visual breakdown for anyone interested:
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beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Nice username
icelimit@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
1 through to the end are all made with new, sterile… sticks?
Look ma, I’m a biochemist now!