Labelling agar plates is very important prior to plating a sample for incubation. Which of the following is not required when labelling an agar plate?

MacConkey agar is a selective and differential media. It differentiates based on whether a bacterium can ferment a specific carbohydrate/sugar. Which carbohydrate/sugar is this?

Chocolate agar (CBA):

Approximately how many bacterial cells are in each colony on a plate culture?

The intention of streak plating is to dilute a sample and obtain single, isolated colonies.

When preparing a streak plate you must sterilise the wire loop between every set of streaks.

When preparing a streak plate the wire loop should be sterilised by: