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[-] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 43 points 2 days ago

"Chocolate agar (CHOC) or chocolate blood agar (CBA) is a nonselective, enriched growth medium used for isolation of pathogenic bacteria. It is a variant of the blood agar plate, containing red blood cells that have been lysed by slowly heating to 80°C. Chocolate agar is used for growing fastidious respiratory bacteria, such as Haemophilus influenzae and Neisseria meningitidis."

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate_agar

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 2 days ago

The agar is named for its color and contains no chocolate products.

:(

[-] higgsboson@dubvee.org 7 points 2 days ago

It smells about how you'd think it would.

[-] RST987@infosec.pub 1 points 2 days ago

Agree, although it looks kinda tasty.

[-] luciole@beehaw.org 6 points 2 days ago

if there’s some mould on top just take it off with a spoon

[-] crt0o@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

Why would anyone put mould on such a delicious treat anyways

[-] minyakcurry 2 points 2 days ago

Does blood agar taste like blood?

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