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Revision as of 21:41, 7 September 2010

Nutrient Agar Plates

Materials

You will need:

  • Deionized water
  • Tryptone
  • NaCl
  • Yeast Extract
  • Agar

Procedure

  • Combine 10g tryptone, 5g yeast extract, 10g NaCl, 15g agar, and 950 mL of deionized water into a large beaker/Erlenmeyer flask.
  • Mix until dissolved using a stir bar.
  • Check to see if the pH is 7.0 using a pH meter. If needed, add 5N NaOH to adjust the pH to 7.0.
  • Fill solution to 1L with deionized water.
  • Autoclave.
  • Let it cool, but not cool enough to let it solidify. It is recommended to keep it in 45 degree waterbath.
  • Add the appropriate amount of antibiotic of your choice. Recommended amounts are posted on openwetware.org. Mix antibiotic.
  • Pour into sterilized plates.

Purpose

Nutrient agar plates are used to grow desired microbes.

References

  • Written by David Larsen 9/11/08
  • From Cold Spring Harbor protocol

We would like to take a moment to thank all of our sponsors for their very generous donations, as we could not have done this without your help!

We would also like to thank and acknowledge:
Our Advisors
Marc Facciotti
Ilias Tagkopoulos
Technical Guidance
David Larsen
Andrew Yao
Visiting iGEMer
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