Yes. It grows great in liquid. (Large scale cultures are done in liquid form, not in agar.)
Yes, but since it do not contain Glucose, yeast will be growing very very slowly.
Legionella
They grow bacteria in agar because it is a controlled environment, a great medium for testing. Just to list a few reasons: -Test for the mobility of bacteria. Agar can be made to be more 'soft' or...
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