Inoculated Agar Slants - High-Demand Strains (5-Pack)

Inoculated Agar Slants — High-Demand Strains (5-Pack)

Five pre-inoculated MEA agar slants featuring our most popular strains. Slants are the preferred format for long-term culture storage — the angled agar surface provides more surface area in a compact tube, and the deep media column gives cultures a longer shelf life than flat plates. Each slant has a clean, growing culture ready for transfers.

What They're For

Agar slants are the gold standard for culture banking. Use them to:

• Store working strains: Keep your best cultures viable for months in refrigerated slants.
• Expand cultures: Transfer from slant to grain, LC, or plates when you're ready to run a grow.
• Maintain genetic library: Build a backup collection of your favorite strains so you never lose a good culture.

Who Needs Them

Serious cultivators, culture bankers, and anyone building a long-term strain library. If you've lost a great culture to contamination or time and swore you'd back it up next time — these are the backup.

Specifications

• Media: MEA (Malt Extract Agar)
• Format: Slant tubes with angled agar
• Quantity: 5 slants, pre-inoculated with high-demand strains
• Status: Cultures actively growing on arrival

How to Use

• Work in front of a flow hood or still-air box.
• Open slant and take a small wedge transfer with a sterilized tool.
• Transfer to grain, LC, or fresh agar plates.
• Re-cap and refrigerate slant for long-term storage.

Storage

Store slants capped and refrigerated at 35-45°F for long-term culture storage. Cultures can remain viable for 6-12 months under refrigeration. Let slants warm to room temperature before opening to prevent condensation. Inspect for contamination before use.

Quality & COA

Each slant is poured and inoculated under sterile conditions. Cultures are visually inspected for cleanliness and growth vigor before release. Representative slants are test-transferred to confirm viability.

How to Use This Agar / Slant Culture

1. Work in a sterile environment — use a still air box or laminar flow hood. Sanitize all surfaces and tools.
2. Transfer a wedge of colonized agar to a new agar plate or grain bag using a sterile scalpel or loop.
3. Seal the plate with parafilm or tape to prevent contamination.
4. Incubate at 70-75°F and watch for mycelial growth spreading across the new medium.

Uses: Agar plates and slants are ideal for strain isolation, expansion, and long-term storage. Slants are especially useful for preserving genetics in a compact, long-lasting format.

What's in the Box

• 5-pack of inoculated agar plates or slant tubes
• Sealed and sterilized for safe transport