A Better Way to Grow Cells

The vast majority of cells die off in agar growth media (left) that has been prepared traditionally by sterilizing the ingredients together. Using the new method, agar prepared with individually sterilized ingredients (right) proves much more hospitable to the cells growing within. | Y. Kamagata et al./Applied Environmental Microbiology/2014 Dec; 80(24): 7659–7666/ American Society for Microbiology