nutrient agar


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Noun1.nutrient agar - any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agentnutrient agar - any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
agar
culture medium, medium - (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
agar-agar, agar - a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods
blood agar - a culture medium containing whole blood as the nutrient
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All clinical pus samples after reaching the Microbiology department, were immediately inoculated in Nutrient agar, MacConkey agar, and Blood agar and were incubated for 24 hours at 37 [degrees]C.
THE TERRORIST STILL LURKS IN THE HOSPITAL--PREVALENCE OF MRSA
Sandy soil sample (1 g) was suspended in 100 mL of sterilized distilled water, slightly homogenized and spreaded onto nutrient agar plates.
Characterization, Phylogenetic Analysis and Potential Applications of Heterotrophic Bacteria Inhabit Sand Dunes of Thar Desert, India
solani isolates were characterized as to their growth, color and sclerotia formation into three culture media, Nutrient Agar (NA)(Himedia[R]), Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) (Kasvi[R]) and Potato Sucrose Agar (PSA) (200 g potato, 20g sucrose, 20g agar, and 1000ml water).
Characterization, pathogenicity and anastomosis groups of Rhizoctonia solani from watermelon
Further the broth culture was inoculated on different selective and differential media like Nutrient agar, Brain heart infusion agar, Mannitol salt agar, Mac Conkey Lactose agar and Eosine methylene blue agar and then incubated at 37 (o) C for 24 hours.
Diagnosis of Sub-Clinical Mastitis (SCM) in Organised Dairy Herds
Microbial load was also determined inside and outside of fish as highest microbial load was observed in control group fish on both media nutrient agar (NA) and eosin methylene blue (EMB) viz.
Growth Responses of Striped Catfish Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878) to Exogenous Enzyme Added Feed
To obtain pure isolates, discrete colonies of pathogens isolated were subcultured by inoculating onto sterile nutrient agar plates.
The Bacteriology and Its Virulence Factors in Neonatal Infections: Threats to Child Survival Strategies
Isolates that grew at maximum values of pH were selected; distinct bacterial colonies on nutrient agar plates were screened, purified by reculturing and stored at 4 AdegC on nutrient agar plates and in 80% glycerol stock solution at -40 AdegC.
ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF A CATALASE PRODUCING THERMODURIC ALKALOTOLERANT BACILLUS SP. STRAIN KP10 FROM HOT SPRINGS OF TATTA PANI, AZAD KASHMIR
Enumeration of bacteria: All the collected effluent samples were serially diluted tenfold in sterile distilled water up to 10-5 dilutions and 0.1mL from each dilution inoculated in triplicate on pre-sterilized nutrient agar plates.
PHYSIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND HEAVY METAL TOLERANCE POTENTIAL OF BACTERIA FROM TEXTILE EFFLUENTS
A sterile pipette was used to extract 0.1 mL of the nutrient broth, which was poured onto a nutrient agar plate.
Comparison of bacterial contamination in bristles of charcoal toothbrushes versus non-charcoal toothbrushes
For the preparation of nutrient agar medium, 8 g of NB and 14 g of agar were dissolved in distilled water and final volume was made up to 1L.
Antimicrobial and Antioxidant activity of Citharexylum Spinosum
All urine samples were cultured on nutrient agar, blood agar, MacConkey agar and incubated at 37[degrees]C for 18-24 h.
Prevalence of multidrug-resistant Enterococcus species isolated from urine samples in a tertiary care hospital, Western India

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