https://www.madaboutscience.com.au/shop/free-experiments/post/grow-bacteria-on-homemade-agar-plates/
Worth a try? For my own amusement.
What’s the next step up in accuracy and cost? To turn it into a real science experiment.
mollwollfumble said:
https://www.madaboutscience.com.au/shop/free-experiments/post/grow-bacteria-on-homemade-agar-plates/Worth a try? For my own amusement.
For your own horrification, more likely.
A while back, i read that a microbioligist had said that “if a visitor from another world swabbed our homes for germs, they’d probably conclude that we drink from the toilet and defecate inthe kitchen sink”.
You already have trillions of bacteria living quite happily in your kitchen sponge/cloth.
captain_spalding said:
mollwollfumble said:
https://www.madaboutscience.com.au/shop/free-experiments/post/grow-bacteria-on-homemade-agar-plates/Worth a try? For my own amusement.
For your own horrification, more likely.
A while back, i read that a microbioligist had said that “if a visitor from another world swabbed our homes for germs, they’d probably conclude that we drink from the toilet and defecate inthe kitchen sink”.
You already have trillions of bacteria living quite happily in your kitchen sponge/cloth.
I’m already horrified by the bacterial cultures in the mug that holds the toothbrushes and in the kitchen sponge. I occasionally microwave the kitchen sponge to kill the megacolony.
Can you tell them apart by colony shape/colour or texture?
captain_spalding said:
mollwollfumble said:
https://www.madaboutscience.com.au/shop/free-experiments/post/grow-bacteria-on-homemade-agar-plates/Worth a try? For my own amusement.
For your own horrification, more likely.
A while back, i read that a microbioligist had said that “if a visitor from another world swabbed our homes for germs, they’d probably conclude that we drink from the toilet and defecate inthe kitchen sink”.
You already have trillions of bacteria living quite happily in your kitchen sponge/cloth.
And, for that matter, in your gastrointestinal tract.
dv said:
captain_spalding said:
mollwollfumble said:
https://www.madaboutscience.com.au/shop/free-experiments/post/grow-bacteria-on-homemade-agar-plates/Worth a try? For my own amusement.
For your own horrification, more likely.
A while back, i read that a microbioligist had said that “if a visitor from another world swabbed our homes for germs, they’d probably conclude that we drink from the toilet and defecate inthe kitchen sink”.
You already have trillions of bacteria living quite happily in your kitchen sponge/cloth.
And, for that matter, in your gastrointestinal tract.
The real question is – how many different groups of species can be identified by colony? And what are the most common species in soil, water, air, indoors, in car, in public buildings?
mollwollfumble said:
dv said:
captain_spalding said:For your own horrification, more likely.
A while back, i read that a microbioligist had said that “if a visitor from another world swabbed our homes for germs, they’d probably conclude that we drink from the toilet and defecate inthe kitchen sink”.
You already have trillions of bacteria living quite happily in your kitchen sponge/cloth.
And, for that matter, in your gastrointestinal tract.
The real question is – how many different groups of species can be identified by colony? And what are the most common species in soil, water, air, indoors, in car, in public buildings?
Bet it would take several books to get anywhere near that requirement.
I’m noticing that certain science items are on the restricted sale list, including “nutrient agar”, “crystal violet” for gram stain, and various alcohols for starters.
They would have been useful.