This is in contrast to Streptococcus species, whose growth is selected against by this high salt agar (plate on the right in the picture below). The differential ingredient in MSA is the sugar ...

The American Society for Microbiology's Agar Art Contest can be found here. Following is a transcript of the video: Narrator: This artwork is alive. Each one is made from fungi and bacteria.

Corrado Nai Corrado Nai is full-time parenting and part-time writing. He has a PhD in microbiology and used agar every day for over ten years. He is currently writing a graphic novel about Fanny ...