MacConkey's Agar, Blood Agar & Mannitol Salt Agar (clockwise from top

Differential & Selective Bacterial Growth Media
 Laboratory Exercise

Virtual Microbiology Classroom of Science Prof Online

ANAT & PHYSGENERAL BIOCELL BIOMICRO 8wkMICRO 15wkINSTRUCTORS


Bacterial Growth Media & Cultures Lab Materials


Instructor's Corner
SPO VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS
​MORE BACTERIAL GROWTH MEDIA & CULTURES LINKS 
  • Normal Flora webpage, by Douglas F. Fix. Interactive page where you can select an area of the body and learn which normal flora typically colonize that location.







How to Light a Bunsen Burner
(Put your goggles on first!)

How to Pour TSY Media Into Petri Dishes
(Put your goggles on first!)

​How to Interpret MacConkey's Agar (MAC) Specialized 
Bacterial Growth Medium
​How to Interpret Mannitol Salt Agar (MSA) Specialized 
Bacterial Growth Medium
​How to Interpret Blood Agar (BAP) Specialized Bacterial Growth Medium
MacConkey's Agar Quiz & Review: Do you know MAC from shinola?
DIFFERENTIAL & SELECTIVE MEDIA LABORATORY VIDEOS

DIFFERENTIAL & SELECTIVE MEDIA IMAGES
The images linked here directly relate to the lab exercise and are designed to help students review and study that lab material while outside of lab.

NOTE: Students must review all material in categories highlighted with red titles  PRIOR TO ATTENDING LAB in order to be prepared to participate. ​​​

DIFFERENTIAL & SELECTIVE MEDIA LAB PPTs
The lab PowerPoints used in the Virtual Microbiology Classroom are designed to help introduce students to each lab topic.

​​Printing: The best way for students to print out the PowerPoint Show is to download the PDF version. Select Print, and, when the Print screen comes up, go to the Print Handling options. Under Page Scaling, select "Multiple pages per sheet", Under Pages per sheet, select "2". That uses up less paper, placing two slides on each page.

DIFFERENTIAL & SELECTIVE MEDIA LAB DOCUMENTS
The Lab Project Instructions provide a thorough explanation of the lab topic, as well as detailed directions on how to complete the lab exercise. The Lab Report Template is what the students use to develop the lab report of this project that will be turned in.


The following links will take you to the Virtual Microbiology Classroom 
documents, web pages and videos that you will need to prepare for lab. 

These materials include:

This is the main laboratory page for the Selective & Differential Bacterial Growth Media second lab topic of a 16-week introductory college microbiology class. 
Sterile MacConkey's Agar, Mannitol Salt Agar & Blood Agar
Sterile MacConkey's
Mannitol Salt & Blood Agar (clockwise from top left)
Microbiology Photo Image Library
SCIENCE PHOTOS



Photographic guides to differential stains 
now available!
1. Gram
2. Acid-fast
3. Endospore

 Illustration of Unknown and Control Bacteria Used in Differential Stains
Microbiology Lab Videos
SCIENCE VIDEOS
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Virtual Microbiology
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You have free access to a large collection of materials used in a college-level introductory microbiology course. The Virtual Microbiology Classroom provides a wide range of free educational resources including PowerPoint Lectures, Study Guides, Review Questions and Practice Test Questions.
Prokaryotic Cell, Mariana Ruiz
The VMC offers homework assignments based on Radiolab podcasts. 

RADIOLAB PODCASTS: 
 "Patient Zero"
"Parasites"
"Rodney vs Death"

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS:
Patient 0 HW doc
Parasites HW doc
​- Rodney vs Death HW doc
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  • Lab Exercise & Report Assignment Word documents
  • Laboratory PowerPoint    
  • Additional laboratory required readings
  • Videos and images of laboratory procedures