Unit 5: #2 Agar

Liquid growth media.

• Broth

• Agar

Solid growth media.

• Broth

• Agar

the process of growing microorganisms in culture by taking bacteria from the infection site and growing them in the lab

• Cultivation

• Implantation

• Manipulation

• Separation

a bacterial population derived from one bacterial cell

• colony

• township

• nation

• island

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Type of media that contains inhibitory agents that prevent the growth of unwanted bacteria

• selective

• differential

Type of media that contain factors that allow certain types of bacteria to be identified - the media changes in recognizable manner by some bacteria

• selective

• differential

Which type of agar contains sheep blood

• blood agar

• mannitol salt agar

• MacConkey agar

• Phage Typing Agar

Differential- can identify hemolysis (break down of red blood cells)

• blood agar

• mannitol salt agar

• MacConkey agar

• Phage Typing Agar

If hemolysis occurs, Results in a clearing of the red blood cells around a colony

• blood agar

• mannitol salt agar

• MacConkey agar

• Phage Typing Agar

High salt concentration - both selective and differential

• blood agar

• mannitol salt agar

• MacConkey agar

• Phage Typing Agar