WATER AND CORNMEAL AGAR

WATER AGAR


Water agar is a nutritionally-deficient media known to enhance production of spores and conidia of sporulation. Media Preparation


• Mix 20 grams of agar in 1 litre of distilled water.


•Bring reagents to a boil.


• Autoclave at 15 lb/in2 for 15 minutes.


• Cool in slanted position or store as butts to be melted down and used as slants or plates as needed.

CORNMEAL TWEEN-80 AGAR


CMT agar is a well-established medium used for cultivation of fungi as well as to study chlamydospores production by Candida species and other yeasts.