The purpose of this practical is to investigate the effect of antiseptics or antibiotics on bacterial growth using agar plates and measuring zones of inhibition. This allows the selected bacteria ...

This type of medium is both selective and differential. The MSA will select for organisms such as Staphylococcus species which can live in areas of high salt concentration (plate on the left in the ...

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Over the next few sessions in lab you will be learning how to isolate bacterial colonies into individual species. This allows for the creation of a pure culture, a culture of bacteria containing only ...