Scientists who use bacteria in research grow them either in a broth or on a plate of the gel-like substance agar. They may be studying the microbes directly — for example, to identify the source ...

The BYU microbiology and molecular biology program held its semi-annual Agar Art competition on Oct. 14 where students produced paintings made of bacteria.

The bioluminescence that the bacteria produced is not very strong, but in a dark room, it is vibrant. Several agar plates show glow in the dark bacteria art painted at the Agar Art event.

Agar is still a standard way of growing microbes in a lab. One way to transfer bacteria to an agar plate is with a stick that leaves a pattern of microbes behind, as if they were drawn. That same ...

EZ-Spread™ Plating Beads from AMSBIO (Oxford, UK) allow you to spread bacterial and yeast cells across the surface of an agar plate in just seconds. Eliminating the traditional need for glass rods and ...

Swirls of bacteria form on an agar plate. At the intersection of a red meat allergy and a cancer-drug reaction investigations, researchers pinned a lone star culprit. Cell wall components from ...