Agar plate setting conditions, storage, inoculation and disposal: What are the factors that affect the ability of agar to set?

Agar plate setting conditions, storage, inoculation and disposal: What are the factors that affect the ability of agar to set?
Sterilisation of microbiological waste: Science ASSIST has received a number of questions, which all relate to this topic, we will cover all of these in this quest
Decomposition of organic matter: I
Are schools allowed to conduct antimicrobial susceptibility testing of a microorganism using the Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion meth