watermelon83
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My boy, 12, has choosen to to do a project based on bacteria growth changes depending on growth medium and tempurature. We wil make agar dishes out of beef bullion, table sugar, corn sugar, and dme. Then innoculate the plates and store at three tempuratures (fridge(40?), room(65?), and around 80F). I'm thinking of using a brewing bacteria strain.
My questions are, which is the best strain to use for this experiment (I have no experience using any), and what is the best method for measuring the growth? He does have a 400x (maybe 600x) microscope. Also, what is the best method for controlling the amount of bacteria added to begin the culture? I'm thinking of using the method posted in the forums for storing yeast and sterilizing the loop between each dish.
Thanks in advance for any and all help.
My questions are, which is the best strain to use for this experiment (I have no experience using any), and what is the best method for measuring the growth? He does have a 400x (maybe 600x) microscope. Also, what is the best method for controlling the amount of bacteria added to begin the culture? I'm thinking of using the method posted in the forums for storing yeast and sterilizing the loop between each dish.
Thanks in advance for any and all help.