agar plate
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agar
noun[U]
uk/ˈeɪ.ɡɑːr/us/ˈeɪ.ɡɑːr/
a thick, clear substance that comes from seaweed, used for growing organisms such as bacteria in scientific work, and also for making ...
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plate
noun
uk/pleɪt/us/pleɪt/
a flat, usually round dish with a slightly raised edge that you eat from or serve ...
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(Definition ofagarandplatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The remaining liquid samples were immediately used in a serial dilution on agar plates.
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The resultant agar plates were rather hard and the cells were unable to move around on the surface of the plates.
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Impacts were onto targets such as agar plates (a very moist target) and ice.
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Cultures of strains on agar plates were incubated from 14 to 20 days.
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To control the sterility of the filters, these were also inoculated on agar plates and incubated at the same conditions.
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Bacterial colonies grew quasi-two-dimensionally on theagarplatesurface.
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There should be some triggering mechanism for the onset of migration after the inoculation of cells into theagarplate.
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Three microliters of liquid culture of sample bacteria (optical density adjusted to 0.5 at 600 nm) was inoculated into the center of eachagarplate.
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After incubation in selective broth media, the organisms are subcultured onto a bloodagarplate.
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The bactericidal effect was examined byagarplateassay.
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The lower surface of the bloodagarplatewas marked into several squares of 0.7 cm each and labelled with the test strain number.
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Diagnosis relies on culturing the organism on a chocolateagarplate.
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The media used inagarplatetherefore should not include glucose.
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The bacteria are spread on anagarplatewith a small amount of histidine.
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In this test, wafers containing antibiotics are placed on anagarplatewhere bacteria have been placed, and the plate is left to incubate.
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A filter paper strip impregnated with diphtheria antitoxin is buried just beneath the surface of a specialagarplatebefore the agar hardens.
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Similar effects were obtained when untreated nematodes were placed in agar plates in which antibodies were incorporated (data not shown).
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Isolates harbouring the act gene differed from act genedeficient ones with respect to haemolytic activity on blood agar plates.
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The inoculum titre was confirmed by colony counts on agar plates.
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