Chapter 11, Problem 2Q

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The process by which contamination can be detected on a streak plate or a pour plate.

Introduction:

The streak plate method is a technique of the introduction of a microbe on an agar plate. In this method, the microbes are taken out of the culture and streaked on the plate. The pour plate method is a technique in which a small amount of inoculum (bacterial sample) with agar is poured on the Petri dish.