Plate count medium

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Purpose

Used for plating bacteria for plate counts.

Ingredients

Ingredient 1 L
Distilled water 1000 ml
Bacto tryptone 5 g
Bacto yeast extract 2.5 g
Bacto dextrose (glucose) 1 g
Bacto agar 15 g

Instructions

  1. Heat to boiling to disolve completely.
  2. Autoclave


Notes

References

Contributed by

From the Culture Media for Plant Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria, University of Massachusetts: Contributed by Robert L. Wick