Talk:Chocolate agar

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 11 January 2022 and 29 April 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): ECD DeVries (article contribs). just wanting reasons to be listed as to why cultures cannot be made from feaces? The article states that it can't be done. Why?

Also, there are spelling mistakes in the article.

No copyright claim to my words. Delete this discusion once article has be enhanced.

Answer: Agar plates are used to determine a type of bacteria. Faeces contain many, many types of bacteria. Hence, using an agar plate which will allow many different bacteria to grow will not be helpful in finding a particular bacteria (e.g. what is causing someone's diarrhoea etc.) I'm not too sure if this is worth putting in the article. M0rt (talk) 06:55, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A bit more explanation: Obviously faeces can be cultured, but they contain so many different types of bacteria (many of which rarely cause any harm) that it is often not practical to culture in a pathology situation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by M0rt (talk • contribs) 06:56, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not edible

People may think you can eat Chocolate agar, but there's no choc :P 129.180.139.17 (talk) 14:16, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]