Reason – this allows the bacteria to spread out and to grow in individual colonies on the agar plate. A lawn of bacteria can be produced by using a sterile spreader to evenly spread the bacteria ...

The artists use bacteria as their paint and fungus as their canvas to educate people about the important relationship we have with microbes. The American Society for Microbiology's Agar Art ...

Close the lid of the agar plate and place the pipette in disinfectant. Reason – this solution contains the bacteria that will grow on the agar. Reason – this allows a lawn of bacteria to be ...