Article reviewed by Phoebe Lostroh, PhD from Colorado College. Stay up to date on the latest science with Brush Up Summaries. Louis Pasteur prepared the first liquid bacterial culture medium in 1860, ...

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EZ-Spread™ Plating Beads from AMSBIO (Oxford, UK) allow you to spread bacterial and yeast cells across the surface of an agar plate in just seconds. Eliminating the traditional need for glass rods and ...

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_____ - Describe the growth of unknown A in broth culture. Describe the growth patterns both before and after mixing! Useful terms: Uniform fine turbidity (turbid throughout), flocculent (clumpy), ...