Tasty Cultural Treats

March 30th, 2008

yummy bacterial culture

If the sight of this bacterial colony is making you drool, relax in the knowledge that this is actually a dessert item! Creator Mark Rehorst explains:

I’ve had a few microbiology classes and cultured many different types of bacteria on different media, so I thought it would be fun to make dessert that looked like bacterial cultures served in Petri dishes!

Ace! To see the rest of Mark’s yummy fake-microbial treats click here.

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2 Comments

  • 1. Valueaddedwater  |  April 8th, 2008 at 5:28 pm

    In the same league as cuddly microbes

    http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/6708/

  • 2. Tory  |  June 27th, 2008 at 4:05 am

    I made coca-cola agar during my honours one day when I was bored. But the pH was so low that the agar didn’t set. Once I ajusted the pH to 6 a whole bunch of fungi grew on it including the Fusarium my friend was using for her experiment…

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