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Easy to use nutrient agar powder kit, which includes nutrient agar powder, sterile petri dishes, and swabs. Make agar and pour your own plates, which is fun and a great learning experience. This is an excellent science kit to learn microbiology and great for science fair projects. Pour a thick coat of nutrient agar, which is an excellent general purpose medium! See improved performance compared to other products. Our kit is safe and fun to use. 100% money back guaranteed if you don’t absolutely love your kit.
Kit Contents:
1. Bag of nutrient agar powder
2. 10 empty petri dishes
3. 10 cotton tipped sticks
Basic Instructions:
1. Add nutrient agar powder to ~350ml of water.
2. Boil the mixture and stir until the agar is completely dissolved and melted
3. Recommended Step: Put the mixture in a pressure cooker safe container (such as a mason jar) and loosen the lid. Put the mixture in a pressure cooker or autoclave, and heat for 15-30 minutes at 15psi. This will purify your agar.
4. Carefully pour your agar into the included petri dishes and wait several hours for the agar to solidify
5. Test different household or classroom objects (e.g. phone, sink, toilet, etc.).
6. Gently wipe the samples onto the surface of the agar plate.
7. Close the lid and turn the plate upside down so that the lid is on the bottom and agar is on the top.
8. Incubate plates at 84-100°F using a portable heater or a desk lamp. Keep a thermometer nearby.
9. Watch stuff grow! Results should be visible in 1-4 days.
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