Bacterial agar plates are solid culture media used to grow and isolate bacterial colonies. These plates contain agar as a solidifying agent, along with nutrients such as carbon sources, nitrogen sources, salts, and growth factors that support microbial growth.

Agar plates are essential in microbiology workflows for colony isolation, morphological analysis, and colony counting in academic and industrial settings, including research, bioprocessing, environmental monitoring, and more. By providing a solid surface, bacterial agar plates allow individual colonies to form, enabling researchers to study growth characteristics and identify organisms.

Bacterial agar plates are used across a wide range of laboratory and industrial workflows. These applications rely on consistent, high-quality agar media to ensure reproducible growth and accurate downstream analysis.

Our bacterial agar plates are supplied as sterile, ready-to-use, pre-poured plates, eliminating in-house media preparation and reducing variability across workflows. Each formulation is manufactured to precise specifications to ensure consistent nutrient composition and reliable bacterial growth.

Our catalog includes a wide range of agar plate types designed to integrate seamlessly into routine laboratory operations, from small-scale research to regulated quality control environments. All products are manufactured under rigorous quality control standards to ensure sterility, performance, and lot-to-lot consistency. Teknova also supports custom bacterial agar plates, including modified formulations (e.g., animal-free soytone), antibiotic supplementation, and alternative plate formats to meet specialized research or manufacturing requirements.