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Antibiotics in medium hide poor technique
When penicillin-streptomycin in routine medium hides a contaminant, and how to choose whether a research culture should grow with or without it.
8 October 2026 · 8 min read
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Media serum and what a bottle label is asking
How to read a culture-medium label: basal class, serum percentage, glutamine form, pyruvate, phenol red and the bicarbonate the incubator must match.
8 October 2026 · 10 min read