• Question: Why do scientist put bacteria in those jelly plates and grow bacteria off them?

    Asked by lozzyhill97 to Bridget on 18 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Bridget Waller answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      The jelly plates are called agar plates, and they are filled with a substance that bacteria can live on easily (their food, basically). This means we can see how bacteria develop and do experiments with the populations.

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