Nerdy Science Blog

Why do plate streaking? A friend of mine asked.

Why? Because this is one of the best, cheap, easiest ways to isolate a pure culture. And plate streaking can be fun when it come to coloring~

Although this is easy and cheap, it doesn’t mean it is not important. How pure is your culture often determine “dead or alive” of your microbiological experiment; and by mastering this simple technique, it can save your day…

Metallic green E. coli on EMB agar, picture derived from my undergrad thesis.

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