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Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA)
Preparing Potato Dextrose Agar
(based on the bugwood recipe as tested during biochymickal_arts_2013)
Ingredients:
1L Distilled water
200g Potato
20g Dextrose
20g Agar
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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