==== Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) ====
  * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_dextrose_agar
  * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_medium
  * http://wiki.bugwood.org/Potato_dextrose_agar

==== Preparing Potato Dextrose Agar ====

(based on the wikipedia/bugwood recipe as tested during [[biochymickal_arts_2013]])

**Ingredients:** 
  * 1L Distilled water
  * 200g Potato 
  * 20g Dextrose (1.5~2 tablespoons) 	  	
  * 20g Agar (1.5~2 tablespoons) 	

  - Boil sliced, unpeeled potatoes in distilled water for 30 min.
  - Filter through cheesecloth, saving effluent
  - Add Dextrose and Agar
  - Boil while mixing to dissolve
  - Autoclave 15 min at 121°C  (note: Final pH, 5.6 ± 0.2) 


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