Patent ID: 6660519
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: B01L,C12M,C12N

Abstract:
A method for plating microorganisms or cell culture, comprising:a) using an apparatus comprising: i) a tray having a bottom and sidewalls extending from said bottom; ii) a plurality of parallel dividers, each divider having a length and a height and being substantially uninterrupted along the entire length thereof; iii) means for maintaining said dividers substantially parallel within said tray, wherein said dividers are removable from said tray; iv) agar that fills said tray to a point less than the height of said dividers in said tray, wherein said agar has a surface for plating microorganisms or cell culture that is defined as a lane between two adjacent dividers or a lane between a divider and an adjacent sidewall; and v) beads that can fit between said substantially parallel dividers; and b) contacting said beads with a source of microorganisms or cell culture; and c) rolling said beads with said microorganisms or cell culture along said agar surface from one end of the tray to the opposite end to plate said microorganisms or cell culture.