Vegans and vegetarians who were raised eating plant-based meals have the upper hand on novice vegans and vegetarians. Why? For veggie foodies who are used to eating non-meat meals, there’s nothing to ...

There are small petri dishes, there are large petri dishes, and then there is MEGA, an enormous, 2-foot-by-4-foot slab of black agar infused with a gradient of antibacterial drugs. Researchers built ...

It is therefore important that any petri dish or agar used is sterilised before use, and that aseptic techniques are used to inoculate the plates. An inoculating loop can be used to transfer bacteria.