Preparation of culture media
Microbiology lab basics · Biology
Study notes
School lab: boiling agar + nutrients, pouring petri plates — tomorrow's bacterial colonies grow on your preparation. Hospital labs culture throat swabs on blood agar — the red plates diagnosing strep throat. Mushroom spawn is grown on sterilized grain medium — commercial culture media farming. Contaminated plates (fuzzy invaders) teach aseptic technique — sterility is the skill.