They lied to me

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FreshLight@sh.itjust.works · 44 pts · 1y (3 replies)

"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

SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 17 pts · 1y

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

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higgsboson@dubvee.org · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

It smells about how you'd think it would.

RST987@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 1y

Agree, although it looks kinda tasty.

minyakcurry@monyet.cc · 2 pts · 1y

Does blood agar taste like blood?