Abstract: Herein disclosed is a culturing media, having at least one agar material and a swarming inhibiting quantity of anti-swarming compound wherein the ratio of the at least one agar material relative to the quantity of the anti-swarming compound is such to ameliorate cellular swarming by a first microbe and increasing cellular growth rate of a second microbe relative to a swarm rate of the first microbe. The culturing media may have at least one nutrient. The culturing media may be used to prevent swarming of certain strains of cells, or it may be used as a regular culturing media.