Explain Pour plate & spread plate ?

Answer Posted / anitha, k.g.

pour plate: diluted microbial sample is transfered first to
the petriplate and over that melted medium is poured.highly
useful for enumerating the population of microbes in the
sample.
spread plate: melted medium is poured first and over that
add diluted microbial sample and spread using a sterile
bent glass rod. mainly for purification of a mixed bacteria

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