This agar is used to identify organisms that are capable of producing the enzyme lipase. This enzyme is secreted and hydrolyzes triglycerides to glycerol and three long chain fatty acids. These ...

Thus organisms capable of lactose fermentation such as Escherichia coli, form bright pinky-red colonies (plate pictured on the left here). MacConkey agar is commonly used to differentiate between the ...

Mixed with water, the seaweed-derived white powder forms a sturdy, transparent gel perfect for growing microbes. In my own brief foray into the laboratory as an undergrad, I poured agar into ...

Dr. Joshua C. Agar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics at Drexel University. Prior to Drexel, Joshua was an Assistant Professor in the Department of ...

Although new techniques for studying microorganisms have emerged, including mass spectrometry, capillary (gel) electrophoresis, and optical, electron and scanning probe microscopy, the use of ...

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It is therefore important that any petri dish or agar used is sterilised before use, and that aseptic techniques are used to inoculate the plates. An inoculating loop can be used to transfer bacteria.

The latest high-profile claim that our problems emanate from the rise of the radical right wing came from American late-night TV talk host Stephen Colbert during his softball visit with Canadian ...

Pour the sterile agar plates and allow to set fully. Reason - this provides the selected bacterium with all the nutrients needed to grow. Reason - this allows the bacteria to spread out and to ...

This valuable study on strategies used by Pseudomonas to subvert hots immunity identifies a new immune evasion strategy. The study presents solid evidence on the cleavage of VgrG2B by Caspase 11 and ...

Her medium is the tiny seed bead. Her canvas ranges from a 35-foot-long mobile home to the chauvinist history of Abstract Expressionism. Liza Lou’s life-size beaded sculptural installation, ...