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Agar is added in a concentration of 1.5% to solidify liquid media. Although there are different concentrations of agar used to create different conditions such as in Sabouraud's Agar and semisolid agar.

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usually 1.5%.

usually 1.5%.

I am looking for the answer to the first part of the question about the typical solid agar medium concentration.

However, according to my lab book, a semisolid agar medium is made up of a 0.4% concentration of agar. Hope this helps.

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0.2-0.5%

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