"Harvest Season" Agar Art by Maria Eugenia Inda, Ph.D.

If you had told me just a couple years ago that people painted with microbes, I would probably tell you to go easy on the LSD. But no... this really happens, and it's not an accident in the back of someone's refrigerator - it's completely intentional, and beautiful!

As the artist you are actually growing the pigment!

This entry was from the first ASM Agar Art contest in 2015, and placed third!

https://asm.org/Events/ASM-Agar-Art-Contest/Previous-Winners/2015