For example, granulocyte colony formation in vitro can be stimulated ... It has been a long journey since the first agar cultures of bone marrow cells in 1966. The CSFs have emerged as key ...

A single colony of C. albicans ySN250 was prepared by inoculating 0.5 μl of starter culture onto 1.5 mm deep ISP2 nutrient agar, which was prepared by combining 15 g agar (Sigma-Aldrich), 5 ...

Creating a colony-forming unit commonly starts with adding around 15 ml of molten agar to around 1 ml of bacterial culture in a lidded petri dish, which is then swirled gently to mix the ...

However, when grown on agar in a Petri dish, each individual cell divides multiple times to form a visible colony. If we count the number of individual colonies of bacteria on the plates ...