Pouring LB Agar Plates
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...appropriately sized bottle for autoclaving. We make 400 mL of agar in 1 L bottles and 200 mL of agar in...to the same bottle and swirl to form a medium/agar colloid. Cover the opening of the bottle with its cap...Use lab tape to label the bottle with your initials, the date, and the bottle contents. This will clear... in 500 mL bottles. The extra empty volume is necessary to prevent your molten agar from boiling over ...but do not make an air-tight seal!) and tape the bottle with autoclave tape. The autoclave tape will darken...clear up any confusion later if your forget your bottle in the autoclave. Place the gel mix in the autoclave...pouring your plates - be sure to leave room for your bottle of molten gel mix, a tube rack containing the appropriate...