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They lied to me

1y 3mon ago by lemm.ee/u/crt0o in science_memes@mander.xyz from lemm.ee

"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

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

:(

It smells about how you'd think it would.

Agree, although it looks kinda tasty.

Does blood agar taste like blood?