Uncontaminated cultures are prepared by pouring sterilized agar jelly into a Petri dish, then transferring microorganisms using sterilized inoculating loops for multiplication.
To prepare an uncontaminated culture, pour hot agar jelly into a Petri dish, and once set, use sterilised inoculating loops to transfer microorganisms, which then multiply.
| Front | How do you prepare an uncontamiated culture using aseptic technique? |
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| Back | 1. Hot agar jelly is poured into a Petri dish 2. When the jelly's set, inoculating loops can be used to transfer microorganisms to the culture medium 3. The microorganisms then multiply |
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