Extracting Bacteria from agar

[Barry]

hi im ian aussie in year 12 and in biology atm we are doing our own project

 

whats the easiet way to seperate bacteria from agar in a petri dish?

please remember that i only have school facilities

 

thanx

[UncleAl]

Squeegee the bacterial carpet. Do pure liquid culture and centrifuge thereafter for higher volumetric productivity. Are you guys growing Yersinia pestis again?

[Barry]

no im probably gonna get some E.Coli, is the easiet to get

 

but to keep it at a liquid dont i need to keep it nice and cool? and how am i gonna centrifuge it...remember i only have school equipment

 

and just so u know... this is the first tmoie ive even attempted something like this

[Barry]

ok someone just told me that if i turn the whole thing into a liquid i could do somehting with the turbidity of the liquid and light intensity...what u reckon