How do bacteria grow in a petri dish?

Q: Why is it important in food science to identify bacteria?

A: It is important in food science to identify bacteria.

Q: Since there are still bacteria left in pasteurized milk, why is it not routinely sterilized instead…

A: Hello! Since you have posted multiple questions, we are answering only first question. If you need…

Q: How can you make bacteria competent?

A: The word 'competence' refers to the ability of a cell to alter its genetics by taking up…

Q: How do bacteria grow?

A: Bacteria are microscopic single-celled organisms that thrive in diverse environmental conditions.…

Q: What is the importance of agar plates and bacteria cultures in food microbiology?

A: There are different culturing techniques such as agar plates, broth culture, stab culture and solid…

Q: How do bacteria differ in terms of optimal temperature for growth?

A: The optimum temperature of the bacteria is defined as the suitable temperature where the maximum…

Q: What is the purpose of the mashing step in beer-making?

A: Beer is an alcoholic beverage. The production of beer involves the following steps : malting,…

Q: What if the purpose of bacterial culture? Why might it be useful to grow bacteria?

A: According to question what is  the purpose of bacterial culture. Why might it be useful to grow…

Q: What is agar?

A: Agar also known as agar-agar is a dried jelly like substance which has been obtained from Gracilaria…

Q: How do cyanobacteria survive freezing and desiccation?

A: Cyanobacteria or blue-green algae are gram-positive, photosynthetic prokaryotes. They are one of the…

Q: How do probiotics work?

A: Probiotics means sample containing beneficial bacteria. Probiotics generally considered safe to…

Q: What is the importance of microbiology?

A: What is the importance of microbiology?

Q: Why is oil immersion necessary to see bacteria in the laboratory?

A: Oil immersion technique is used to increase the resolving power of microscope. Both the objective…

Q: How are antibiotics sterilized

A: Parenteral/injectable drug products must be sterilised to eliminate any possible microbial…

Q: Do Gram-negative bacteria grow on PEA agar? If not, what prevents their growth?

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Q: What is the function of petri dish in laboratory?

A: A Petri plate is a shallow glass which is cylindrical in shape. The Petri dish is named after the…

Q: What are beneficial activities of bacteria?

A: Bacteria are economically significant because human use of these microorganisms for many purposes.…

Q: How do bacteria obtain nutrients from the food they live in?

A: Bacteria need enough suitable nutrients for its growth and reproduction. Enough nutrients such as…

Q: What is bacterial agar?

A: MICROBIAL GROWTH MEDIA- It is the culture media that serves as a nutrient media for the growth of a…

Q: What are bioreactors ? How are large volume of culture maintained and processed in them ?

A: A bioreactor is a system that enables organisms (such as yeast, bacteria, or animal cells) to…

Q: What is meant by “high-throughput” in culturingmicroorganisms? How has it benefited microbiology?

A: Microorganisms are small organism that cannot be seen by naked eyes. Microorganism can be harmful to…

Q: what is e-coli.  How is it treated?

A: In Microbiology,  various microbes influences the life of a living individual.The microorganisms…

Q: How are cyanobacteria used in the fields of paddy?

A: Microscopic, single celled organisms which are found in every environment in millions are known as…

Q: How does pasteurization affect the number of bacteria present in milk?

A: Pasteurization: It is a process which involves heating liquids at high temperature for a particular…

Q: How bacteria helps in pollution control?

A: Bacteria are a group of prokaryotic microscopic single celled organisms. They live in diverse…

Q: What are probiotics?

A: The small, microscopic, and unicellular organisms are called microorganisms. They are of various…

Q: How does bacterial growth occur?

A: Bacteria are prokaryotic unicellular organisms. They have a relatively simple cell structure…

Q: How do nitrification and anammox differ?

A: Bacteria are microorganism that most commonly occur in the soil, air, water and in adverse…

Q: what type of bacteria may cause spoilage in coconut water that has been in the fridge for more than…

A: Coconut Water   Coconut water (CW) is a slightly sweet liquid made from the endosperm of coconuts.…

Q: What information can obtain from observing the growth of bacteria on liquid agar?

A: Liquid agar is a liquid media mixed with agar which when heated solidifies and then is used as a…

Q: What is Bacterial Injury in Microbiology?

A: Bacteria produced in pure culture under ideal circumstances are examined in the lab for their…

Q: How is Leather put in an application in microbiology and its involved microorganism

A: Leather is the skin of cattles and animals used to protect human body.

Q: Do Gram-positive bacteria grow on PEA agar? If not, what prevents their growth?

A: Bacteria are common, mostly free-living organisms that are often made up of only one biological…

Q: What is a probiotic? How does it differ from a prebiotic?

A: Nutraceuticals are products that have nutritional value and can be used as medicines. It provides…

Q: What bacteria is gram positive ?

A: The bacteria are the prokaryotes and some of them are classified on the basis of their ability to…

Q: Why can milk become sour due to bacteria even though it has been pasteurized?

A: Pasteurization is the process in which non-packaged and packaged foods such as fruit juice, milk, or…

Q: How do you make bacteria in the laboratory?

A: Bacteria are microscopic single-celled organisms that thrive in diverse environmental conditions.…

Q: What are bacteria?

A: Since you have asked multiple questions, we will solve the first question for you. If you want any…

Q: Why are bacteria so small?

A: A cell is the basic key of life that is capable of performing all the functions of life and also…

Q: What is agar define as in microbiology ?

A: Microbiology is defined as the study of microbes. It involves the study of structure, function and…

Q: what is kitchen culture?

A: "Kitchen culture" can be said in two perspectives which are totally different from one another.

Q: How do you do the continuous culture of bacteria by chemostat and turbidostat

A: Answer: CONTINUOUS CULTURE : It is the method of culturing/growing of bacteria in a media in a…

Q: How can bacterial growth be retarded?

A: The bacteria are microscopic organism which are seen only under microscopes. They are present…

Q: Who invented petri dish?

A: Microbial culture is a method of growing microbial organisms by letting them reproduce in a…

Q: What is Microbiology?

A: In practically all processes on Earth, micro-organisms and their activities are significant. It…

Q: How do the processes of nitrification and denitrification differ?

A: Both denitritification and nitrification are important processes for nitrogen balance in ecosystem…

Q: How will you determine whether the antibiotics kill the organism or only inhibit its growth

A: Microbiology is the branch of biology that deals with study of organisms that are too small to be…

Q: What is the function of nitrifying bacteria?

A: Bacteria are a group of prokaryotic microscopic single celled organisms. They live in diverse…

Modes of Nutrition

It is a biological process of providing or obtaining food that is necessary for growth and health. It includes many physiological processes - absorption, ingestion, assimilation, catabolism, excretion, etc. In biology, the science that deals with nutrition's physiological and chemical processes are called "nutritional science."