Difference between revisions of "Agar Diffusion"

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This is done with a single drop of food coloring containing FD&C Red 3 and Red 40. Be careful not to disturb the plate and cause the drop to run until it is compltely absorbed into the media.
  
 
[[File:Reddropagarose.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Starting Drop]]
 
[[File:Reddropagarose.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Starting Drop]]
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[[File:reddropdiffusion3.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Two and a half hours later]]
 
[[File:reddropdiffusion3.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Two and a half hours later]]
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After sitting overnight the liquid was completely absorbed into the media and the plate could be inverted.
  
 
[[File:Reddropdiffusion4.jpg|200px|thumb|left|20 hours later, inverted]]
 
[[File:Reddropdiffusion4.jpg|200px|thumb|left|20 hours later, inverted]]

Revision as of 05:18, 20 July 2018

A simple demonstration of diffusion through agar media to visually illustrate that viruses diffuse through plate media.

Red Food Coloring

This is done with a single drop of food coloring containing FD&C Red 3 and Red 40. Be careful not to disturb the plate and cause the drop to run until it is compltely absorbed into the media.

Starting Drop
File:Reddropdiffusion3.jpg
Two and a half hours later

After sitting overnight the liquid was completely absorbed into the media and the plate could be inverted.

20 hours later, inverted

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