Agar, mixed with a nutritious broth and plated up in Petri dishes, proved to be an excellent way to grow and study bacteria, and that's how Koch eventually identified the bacterium that causes ...

Now, Khamari is bringing the worlds of art and science together – in a petri dish. He's been spending ... it on a jelly like substance called agar. He is part of a growing body of scientists ...

Using agar, a gelatinous-like substance to fill the petri dish, creates a canvas where the microbes can be collected, spread around like paint and allowed to grow. Berkmen showed Penil how to ...

Scientists mix microorganisms with agar, a jelly-like substance from seaweed, to create amazing illustrations in petri dishes Meenakshi J Balaram Khamari's “Microbial Peacock” won second place ...

Microbiologist Melanie Sullivan submitted the following creation to the American Society for Microbiology's first ever Agar Art Contest, named for the substance used in Petri dishes to encourage ...

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.

Balaram Khamari’s canvas is the petri dish. He arranges microorganisms in such a way that they will form artistic patterns as they grow. The medium he uses is agar — a jelly-like substance ...

Using agar, a gelatinous-like substance to fill the petri dish, creates a canvas where the microbes can be collected, spread around like paint and allowed to grow. Berkmen showed Penil how to ...