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what would be different for bacterial cells that happened to be inside the agar and those that were on top of the agar in plates from the pour plate method? explain.
Bacterial cells that are inside the agar are
Obligate anaerobe - which cannot survive in the normal atmospheric
concentrations of oxygen
Facultative anaerobe - which can grow with or without oxygen
Aerotolerant organisms - which do not require oxygen as they
metabolise energy anaerobically.
Because the environment inside the agar is free from oxygen so
anaerobic bacteria which doesn’t require oxygen for its growth will
grow in it whereas aerobic bacteria which requires oxygen for its
growth can’t grow inside the agar.
Bacterial cells that are present on the surface of the agar are
Obligate aerobes - which requires oxygen and can survive in the
highest concentration of oxygen
Microaerophiles - which requires oxygen and can survive only in
lesser concentration of oxygen for its growth.
Hence the anaerobic bacteria which survives only in an anaerobic
environment cannot grow on the top of the agar